August 2009
15 posts
Diminishing the Ego
Oftentimes our ego — our own hangups, prides, and insecurities — is what keeps us from happiness. Some activities are ego-building, others are ego-diminishing. Just about any accomplishment, the ego takes credit for, building the ego. I’ve found that the only way to continually diminish my ego and grow is by pursuing what I love. It doesn’t matter what that is, as...
Aug 30th
Aug 30th
The Formula
The formula for romanticism doesn’t tell you what to do. It tells you how to hold your head. It isn’t a map showing you how to get from point A to point B, but more how to create a map, given that you are hopelessly lost at sea, from wherever you are to wherever you need to be.
Aug 22nd
“All things are ready when our minds be so.”
– William Shakespeare, Henry V
Aug 21st
Pilar Pedrosa Pilar →
Sometimes I think I’m the only one in the world who gets it, romanticism. I feel the pain of that thought deep in my chest. …But then once in a while, I run into something like this, and I wonder, why don’t I know more people like this?
Aug 19th
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“Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.”
– Father Flynn, from the movie Doubt
Aug 18th
Being romantic is being idealistic and not only hoping, but planning for things that have a 1% chance of actually happening. Because if you think about it, out of all the sperms and eggs that never make it, the fact that you and I exist make us products of romance.
Aug 17th
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Aug 16th
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“We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our...”
– Jack Kornfield (via The Wisdom of the Enneagram)
Aug 15th
ListenI tried to do handstands for you I tried to do...
Aug 13th
Aug 13th
Aug 12th
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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the people to gather wood,...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Aug 4th
“You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, give her all your love and...”
– World-Class Performers Don’t Work - They Enjoy High Performance (via kyle-burton)
Aug 4th
“You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another...”
– Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (via amplequotes) (via douglangille)
Aug 2nd
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