When our main goals are to gain comfort and avoid discomfort, we begin to feel disconnected from, and even threatened by, others.
“You can’t come back to something that is gone.”
― The Overstory
― The Overstory
“we can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.”
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
“Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be?
A: You already are an animal.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
A: You already are an animal.”
― Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.”
― My Side of the Mountain
― My Side of the Mountain
“We can’t understand the nature of reality until we let go of controlling our experience.”
― True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
― True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
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