[perfectfeelings]

“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.”

— Unknown

[perfectfeelings]

“When you complain you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation, change the situation or accept it. All else is madness.”

— Eckhart Tolle

[perfectfeelings]

“If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.”

— Michael Jordan

[remember-this-inspiration]

Our stories are guaranteed to end in loss and sadness. Why are we such addicts of these sorts of painful stories?

Because these stories play out, in our adult present, the essence of scenarios that unfolded in substantially similar ways in childhoods that we have neither understood nor liberated ourselves from at the hands of our caregivers. 

Once upon a time, the characters that are now played by our romantic partners or people we meet on dating sites were played by Mother or Father, in scripts we have lost sight of.

We repeat a narrative because specific sorts of pain and unfulfillment feel seductively familiar and because we privilege familiarity over happiness. We have an impression that a story ‘should’ go a certain way, towards darkness, while joy and satisfaction give off a feeling of eerieness and illegitimacy.

Liberation comes when we can dare to start an audit of our narrative choices. 

To help us, we might sketch out the last few relationship or dating fiascos and see what similarities there might be between them. Who left who and why? Where was the pain coming from? How did we act? And how might this be a palimpsest of what happened somewhere long ago? 

- Youtube, the school of life. Unleash your potential: mastering your mind.

[perfectfeelings]

“Love yourself. Be clear on how you want to be treated. Know your worth. Always.”

— maryam hasnaa

[thehopefulquotes]

“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”

— Dalai Lama

[thepersonalquotes]

““Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart”

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[quotefeeling]

“We mature with the damage, not with the years.”

— Mateus William

[perfectquote]

“Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and good things will be yours.”

— Swedish Proverb

[perfectquote]

“You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”

— Brian Tracy

[thoughtkick]

“It’s our choices that matter in the end. Not wishes, not words, not promises.”

— Alexandra Bracken, Passenger

[resqectable]

“I will not beg you for your time or try to convince you to choose me, the world is too big and I have too much to offer.”

— Unknown

[quotemadness]

“In any given moment we have two options: To step forward into growth or to step back into safety.”

— Abraham Maslow

[perfectfeelings]

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.”

— C.S. Lewis

[remember-this-inspiration]

True passion isn't permanent. One day the flames burning in our hearts will dim and that's okay. Take a moment to pick up some firewood and reflect. But never let your fire burn away. We must feed our passion the same way we feed our hearts; with moments with child-like wonder, friendship, kindness and love.

[remember-this-inspiration]

'I would die for my children.'

I believe that. But, would you live for them?

Would you get yourself healthy? Would you eliminate distractions? Would you lead them more intentionally?

You'd only have to die once, you have to live every day.

[remember-this-inspiration]

The universe doesn't care about your past. It is blind to it. The universe doens't care you got called 'stupid' in high school. The universe doesn't care you got into a fight and lost. The universe doesn't care about your mba, your drug-dealing father, or that you wet your bed in junior high. It simply doesn't care. One person and one person only weaponizes past transgressions: you. If the universe doesn't remember, why should you? Your past never equals your future unless you allow it.