February 2012
38 posts
Show, Don't Tell
20. Stop wasting time explaining yourself to others.
– Your friends don’t need it and your enemies don’t matter. Just do what you know in your heart is right.
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“Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
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“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
– Joseph Campbell
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“Don’t let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful...”
– Eckhart Tolle
future planning calm down
Laughter
“For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and...”
– Andy Rooney
“Many people need desperately to receive this message: ‘I feel and think much as...”
– Kurt Vonnegut
Let go of images of how you want it to be, or how...
~ Zen Moments
11. Stop being idle.
– Don’t think too much or you’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place. Evaluate situations and take decisive action. You cannot change what you refuse to confront. Making progress involves risk. Period! You can’t make it to second base with your foot on first.
“There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid”
– Gandhi
“To move the world we must first move ourselves.”
– Socrates
start small, show people don’t tell people
“I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.”
– Bob Dylan
“I change my life when I change my thinking. I am Light. I am Spirit. I am a...”
– Lousie L. Hay
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o·nei·ric
Adjective: Of or relating to dreams or dreaming.
i’m realizing i don’t give myself credit where credit’s due. weird
5. Stop trying to be someone you’re not.
Don’t change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you.
“Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet...”
– Rumi
“the illusion of past losses”
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“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate....”
– Deepak Chopra
“By being receptive, we can avail ourselves of the spiritual wealth available to...”
– Deng Ming-Dao
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“The heart is like a flower - unless it is open it cannot release its fragrance...”
– Osho
in the workplace: low self-esteem correlated with interpreting negative feedback as reflectant of a person’s character
“People think that talking is a sign of thinking. It isn’t, for the most part’ on...”
– Aleister Crowley
interestiIIiiing.. let thoughts & feelings flow
Keep In Mind: You have access to everything you need to be happy when you set aside your doubts and follow the flow of your positive feelings.
“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline: the sense of dignity grows with the...”
– Rabbi Abraham Heschel
fuck
Mantra of the Day: Calm Down the Mind
nirvikalpa:
Let go of the thoughts.
You don’t have to follow the thoughts. Just be aware of thoughts arising and let them go.
Let peace settle in your mind.
January 2012
32 posts
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“Treat me like a joke and i’ll leave you like its funny.”
– Tupac
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“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one...”
– Lao Tzu
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“Being conscious is cutting through your own melodrama and being right here....”
– Ram Dass
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“You are emerging from the cocoon of your former self. There are no limits to the...”
– Marianne Williamson
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“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose...”
– Groucho Marx
“At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t keep other people...”
– Grey’s Anatomy
“The only goal worth attaining is complete freedom to be yourself, without...”
– Deepak Chopra
“There are two ways of living in this world; the way of worry and the way of...”
– Yogi Bhajan
“The ordinary arts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the...”
– Thomas More