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“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
“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
“Everything alive is important; there’s something greater, I know.”
― The Highly Sensitive Person
― The Highly Sensitive Person
“Make good boundaries your goal. They are your right, your responsibility, your greatest source of dignity.”
― The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
― The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
“HSPs tend to fill that advisor role. We are the writers, historians, philosophers, judges, artists, researchers, theologians, therapists, teachers, parents, and plain conscientious citizens. What we bring to any of these roles is a tendency to think about all the possible effects of an idea. Often we have to make ourselves unpopular by stopping the majority from rushing ahead. Thus, to perform our role well, we have to feel very good about ourselves. We have to ignore all the messages from the warriors that we are not as good as they are. The warriors have their bold style, which has its value. But we, too, have our style and our own important contribution to make.”
― The Highly Sensitive Person
― The Highly Sensitive Person
Sandhya’s 2025 Year in Books
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