Hurt happens, but so does healing. Admitting that things aren’t always going to be fine allows me to revel in the moments that are. The sunrises of my life deserve to be embraced, even on the days I feel blinded by the other stuff going on
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“So whenever that brittle voice of dissatisfaction emerges within me, I can say "Ah, my ego! There you are, old friend!" It's the same thing when I'm being criticized and I notice myself reaching with outrage, heartache, or defensiveness. It's just my ego, flaring up and testing its power. In such circumstances, I have learned to watch my heated emotions carefully, but I try not to take them too seriously, because I know that it's merely my ego that has been wounded--never my soul It is merely my ego that wants revenge, or to win the biggest prize. It is merely my ego that wants to start a Twitter war against a hater, or to sulk at an insult or to quit in righteous indignation because I didn't get the outcome I wanted.
"At such times, I can always steady my life one more by returning to my soul. I ask it, "And what is it that you want, dear one?"
"The answer is always the same: "More wonder, please."
"As long as I'm still moving in that direction---toward wonder--then I know I will always be fine in my soul, which is where it counts. And since creativity is still the most effective way for me to access wonder, I choose it.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
"At such times, I can always steady my life one more by returning to my soul. I ask it, "And what is it that you want, dear one?"
"The answer is always the same: "More wonder, please."
"As long as I'm still moving in that direction---toward wonder--then I know I will always be fine in my soul, which is where it counts. And since creativity is still the most effective way for me to access wonder, I choose it.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“making space to allow each of us to be seen, heard, and authentically expressed.”
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
― How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
“we can only love others as much as we love ourselves”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
“Don’t say yes to things you wish you had the confidence to say no to.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“The best of life exists beyond the things we are encouraged to crave.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
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