CLEAR ALL
Stay a verb—don’t become a noun.
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One of the deepest purposes of all art is to marry what is with what can be.
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.
We are often better served by connecting ideas than we are by protecting them.
The miracle is that your children will love you with all your imperfections if you can do the same for them.
Respect the fact that all you do and are now has evolved for a good reason and serves an important purpose.
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When we do not put our primary emotional energy into solving our own problems, we take on other people’s problems as our own.
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When we take rejection as proof of our inadequacies, it’s hard to allow ourselves to risk being truly seen again. . . . The problem arises when shame kicks in and we aren’t able to view our flaws, limitations, and vulnerabilities in a patient, self-loving way.
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Relaxation is essential for the full expression of power.
The greatest satisfaction comes not from chasing pleasure and avoiding pain, but from the radical acceptance of life as it is, without fighting and clinging to passing desires.