Reminder:
“If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can’t survive.”
“My life transformed when I stopped caring what people in the stands thought.”
Brené Brown
“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert at ignoring their gut feelings and in numbing awareness of what is played out inside. They learn to hide from their selves.”
Bessel A. van der Kolk
“It’s a gift to exist, and with existence comes suffering. There’s no escaping that, but if you are grateful for your life, then you must be grateful for all of it.”
Stephen Colbert
“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.”
Pico Iyer
“It is often those moments you feel least connected that you are actually making your greatest progress. The chaos around you is an invitation to pause, reflect, and grow. You are more than equipped to deal with this. If you weren’t, you wouldn’t be here.”
Benjamin P Hardy
“Whatever is in memory is also in soul.”
Saint Augustine,
Confessions
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
W.B. Yeats
“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable, beautiful and afraid of nothing, as though I had wings.”
Mary Oliver
“The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.”
Wallace Wattles
“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer.”
Gabor Mate
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
Sharon Salzberg
“Spirit carved by Nature
Here I am.
Slowly ascending
toward my own profundity.”
Elicura Chihuailaf
“Allow yourself to be proud of yourself and all the progress you’ve made. Especially the progress no one else can see.”
Unknown
“Maybe it’s time for the fighter to be fought for, the holder to be held, and the lover to be loved.”
Unknown
