Posts tagged with “wisdom”
You Canât Save People
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Take Good Care of Yourself When You Do Well AND When You Fall Short
âKindness is choosing love over hate, light over darkness, compassion over judgment.â ~Raktivist
One of the things about being âgoodâ (and for me that includes things like patience, kindness, and being agreeable) is that people assume things about me. They think Iâm always patient, I always make the right decisions, and Iâm an all-around great person.
Well, Iâm not always anythingâexcept human. And that means I make mistakes, big ones even. This week I did NOT set an example of perfection. I had a moment when I became the exact opposite: loud and emotional. I melted down.
Why did this …
How I Finally Starved the Disorder That Was Eating Me Alive
âIf we are ready to tear down the walls that confine us, break the cage that imprisons us, we will discover what our wings are for.â ~Michael Meegan
It’s weird, isn’t it? One day youâre playing hide and seek with friends without a worry beyond the playdate youâre having or dinner options for that night. But in a blink, those carefree days vanish. Thatâs what happened to me, and my teenage years started ticking away right in front of my eyes. Eleven, thirteen, fifteen, seventeen, nineteen…
And a realization hit me: âItâs still eating me alive.â
Maybe it wasnât …
How I Healed My Strained Relationship with My Addict Mother
âWe come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.â ~Sam Keen
Like so many of us, my relationship with my mother throughout my life is best described as complicated.
Weâve had our fair share of turbulent times in our journey, and her alcoholism and drug abuse while I was growing up fueled great dysfunction on every level: literal physical fighting when I was a teenager (yep, Jerry Springer-style), seemingly continual acts of rebellion, a total lack of understanding, deep mistrust, unwillingness (or likely even an inability at the time) to …
Why True Happiness Is Not Just About Reaching Your Goals
âSuccess isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you.â ~Michelle Obama
Do you have goals? Why do you have these goals? What will change if you accomplish them?
Will you be happy?
Think about this for a second: You’ve already achieved goals that you said would make you happy.
Pause.
Think about that again.
You’ve already achieved goals that you said would make you happy.
Well, that’s a humbling reality check, isn’t it? So why aren’t you experiencing everlasting happiness and satisfaction?
No matter the goal’s size, the reward level, or the …
How I Found My âWhyâ in Life After Struggling for Years
âYour purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.â ~Gautama Buddha
Each time I start a new course, training, or venture, the teacher or leader asks me âwhy?â âWhy are you here?â âWhy are you taking this course?â âWhatâs your âwhyâ?â âWhatâs your purpose?â
And Iâm never prepared.
Youâd think by now, after all the years of working on myself and studying, I would have an answer on the tip of my tongue.
Yet, I find âwhyâ to be a difficult question to answer.
I have wondered, âDo I really not …
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