Thoughts

A safe place to lay my head

[nenoskye]

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“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

— Buddha  

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[wastedseductions]

“The idea is to die young as late as possible.”

— Ashley Montagu (via fyp-science)

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“We are dancing in the hollow of nothingness. We are one flesh, but separated like stars.”

— Henry Miller, from Tropic of Capricorn (Obelisk Press, 1938)

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How to Get Over Past Mistakes

1. Remind yourself that everyone makes mistakes, does things wrongs, and has moments of regret. There are no perfect people out there. In that sense, you are just the same as everybody else.

2. Remind yourself that “that was then, and this is now”. You can’t turn back the clocks and change what you did, but you can be a different person in the future.

3. Allow yourself to experience and name the feelings you are struggling with (regret, guilt, shame, disappointment, embarrassment, sadness, etc.) – then make the decision to let those feelings go. In the end, it’s unhealthy to become attached to them.

4. Ask yourself what you can learn from the situation. What would you do differently if you found yourself in that situation again? How can it change the person you are now (so that you feel better about yourself)?

5. Recognise that failings and mistakes are part of the growth process. It’s inevitable that you’ll encounter obstacles, challenges and failures throughout life. Don’t let that stop you from really living life.

6. Remind yourself that “it was what you did, it’s not who you are.” Don’t allow any single event or experience to define you. You are more than – so don’t let that become your identity, or your destiny.

7. Give yourself the gift of a new day and a new start. Forgive yourself, let go of the past, and with confidence move on with your life.

[fyp-psychology]

The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely stagnate; the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity and despair, and eventually into destructive activities.

Rollo May, Man’s Search for Himself (via fyp-psychology)

[michellepsychologist]

Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.

Ram Dass / Awake Society (via psych-facts)

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DORÉ, Gustave (1832-1883)

This said, they both betook them several ways (illustration for John Milton’s Paradise Lost) Engraving Ed. Orig. Lic. Ed.

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DORÉ, Gustave (b. 1832, Strasbourg, d. 1883, Paris)

Rosa Celeste: Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven, The Empyrean (Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Canto XXXI) 1867 Engraving Ed. Orig. Lic. Ed.

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DORÉ, Gustave (1832-1883)

Illustration for Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, detail engraving Ed. Orig. Lic. Ed.

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DORÉ, Gustave (1832-1883)

Illustration for John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”, detail 1866 Engraving Ed. Orig.  Lic. Ed.

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DORÉ, Gustave (b. 1832, Strasbourg, d. 1883, Paris)

Rosa Celeste: Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven, The Empyrean (Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Paradiso, Canto XXXI) 1867 Engraving Ed. Orig. Lic. Ed.

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VAN HAANEN, Remi (1821-1894)

A Moonlit Winter Landscape Private Collection Ed. Orig. Lic. Ed.

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AIVAZOVSKY, Ivan (1817-1900)

Ocean (Океан) 1896 Oil on canvas Ed. Orig. Lic. Ed.