“And yet, despite this portrait of a self assured woman, Cindy seemed to have a near obsession with being where everyone was and doing what everyone was doing.”
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“Everything alive is important; there’s something greater, I know.”
― The Highly Sensitive Person
― The Highly Sensitive Person
“DOES,” that expresses its facets nicely. D is for depth of processing. Our fundamental characteristic is that we observe and reflect before we act. We process everything more, whether we are conscious of it or not. O is for being easily overstimulated, because if you are going to pay more attention to everything, you are bound to tire sooner. E is for giving emphasis to our emotional reactions and having strong empathy which among other things helps us notice and learn. S is for being sensitive to all the subtleties around us. I will say more about these when I discuss the research. Third,”
― The Highly Sensitive Person
― The Highly Sensitive Person
“You were born to be among the advisors and thinkers, the spiritual and moral leaders for your society. There is every reason for pride.”
― The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
― The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
“A teacher of meditation once told the story of a man who wanted nothing to do with the stress of life, so he retreated to a cave to meditate day and night for the rest of his life. But soon he came out again, driven to overwhelming distress by the sound of the dripping of water in his cave. The moral is that, at least to some extent, the stresses will always be there,”
― The Highly Sensitive Person
― The Highly Sensitive Person
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