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@burningtoemerge
I woke up in the middle of my sleep with a bad thought of “you never wanted me. You would never marry me. I hate me”
Then I woke up and saw you super liked me on tinder for the millionth time
I hated both. I feel like naps and sleep drain all your dopamine. I wake up angry and sad all the time
What can one do with people who see nothing but what they want to see?
Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise
My mom got terminated because she couldn’t control her anger. I feel bad. She’s 53 and it would have set her up for retirement. I get the reasons behind her feelings but sometimes it’s better to just mind the business that pays you or address concerns in a way that is conducive not wait so long to say something. I’m annoyed with her because she stays getting into conflict with people at work. Both of my parents are so weird and emotional. My coworkers do piss me off from time to time but I think of the bigger picture and keep it pushing. It all evens out.
I took it as a sign that I should work on controlling my emotions so that I’m effective at meeting my goals not being right or winning conflicts that have no prizes
“As a shame-based person, you must continually prove that your viewpoint and actions are correct. You live in a completely defensive posture. Since you cannot make a mistake, you aren’t interested in the truth of other opinions, only in defending your own. This thought distortion really keeps you in the shame squirrel cage, because you rarely hear any new information. You get no new data that would help you change your belief system about yourself.”
— John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You
“You don’t get better on the days when you feel like going. You get better on the days when you don’t want to go, but you go anyway. If you can overcome the negative energy coming from your tired body or unmotivated mind, you will grow and become better. It won’t be the best workout you have, you won’t accomplish as much as what you usually do when you actually feel good, but that doesn’t matter. Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important.”
— Georges St. Pierre (via quotemadness)
“It is this theory of the affections as a whole that defines the status of the sad passions. Whatever their justification, they represent the lowest degree of our power, the moment when we are most separated from our power of acting, when we are most alienated, delivered over to the phantoms of superstition, to the mystifications of the tyrant.”
— Gilles Deleuze, Spinoza: Practical Philosophy
“People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention.”
— Unknown
I landed on this quote I know ...for a reason
“I’m afraid that sometimes, You’ll play lonely games too. Games you can’t win, ‘cause you’ll play against you.”
— Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go! (via fyp-philosophy)
Had a dream my ex’s new girl came by my work to tell me they’re engaged. I was so shaken for some odd reason. I woke up and saw you lying next to me and it went away
How are my dreams so prophetic
“Spinoza says that the human being is a miraculous creature, and his miracle consists in his capacity for love. He can love anything, from an atom all the way to God. But it is just here, says Spinoza, that the tragic difficulty arises. For man must realize that his capacity for love gives him no right to demand that anyone love him in return.”
— In a letter from James Wright to Leslie Marmon Silko on March 14, 1979
“It is this theory of the affections as a whole that defines the status of the sad passions. Whatever their justification, they represent the lowest degree of our power, the moment when we are most separated from our power of acting, when we are most alienated, delivered over to the phantoms of superstition, to the mystifications of the tyrant.”
— Gilles Deleuze, Spinoza: Practical Philosophy
An emotion is only bad or hurtful in so far as it hinders the mind from being able to think
From the Ethics by Spinoza
What can one do with people who see nothing but what they want to see?
Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise
My mom woke up to find my dad in a diabetic induced comatose State. She did all that she could but she couldn’t get him to come to so she called 911. A paramedic had to revive him. He could have died. I cried with my sister. She basically sobbed while I just lightly cried. The same night he was on the phone with whoever it is he talks to at night. Made no effort to speak to me or my sister or brother. My mom is gum on his shoe.
I was suppose to go to Raleigh for a tinder date. I got a quarter of the way there and turned around on impulse. My brain is tired. I can’t pretend to feel anymore. I feel what I feel and sometimes I have to honor that. I suppose I like the attention but I much rather be the bird in a cage — at least then I’m certain I won’t get hurt. Freedom is nice but it’s painful and exhausting more than it is liberating and exciting.
I don’t know what one has to do with the other. I just know I’m probably too old to feel heartbroken over my dad. But I’m finally contending with reality, not surpressing it
I’m sorry if you have an asshole for a parent. But i hope as an adult you figure out how it affected you and remedy the maladaptive behaviors that has inflicted upon you. Forgive because if that motherfucker ever died, this animosity would be a waste. Take as much as you can and don’t look back.
My plans finally exclude getting married or having kids. Get out of debt. Buy a house. Switch careers
I’m somewhat sad. I always thought it was promised for everyone as a girl and teen. But now I learned it isn’t. You’re just not the person anyone wants to date or marry. You’re you, for better or worse.
A friend said that to me in college and I thought it was pessimistic and sad. But now I think it’s liberating. Now you can be and do whatever you want in life. You can paint every wall pink. Help raise your nieces and nephews. Love your family deeply and be there for them. It’s alright. I loved. That was enough
“Everything you’re trying to reach— by taking the long way round— you could have right now, this moment. If you’d only stop thwarting your own attempts. If you’d only let go of the past, entrust the future to Providence, and guide the present toward reverence and justice.”
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: A New Translation (12:1)
Epictetus, what a giant of a man. Found here (*) Meditations
