my only rule is that you’re always pursuing three new opportunities at the same time.
“Shame, according to the renowned psychologist, Erik Erikson, in Identity, Youth, and Crisis, is a learned experience, a diversion taught to infants by their parents.”
― Shame: Spiritual Suicide
― Shame: Spiritual Suicide
“Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.”
― The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
― The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
― The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
“sleep, working out, healthy food, cooking, time off, weekends away, going to church, being present with the kids, a sense of control over our money, meaningful work that doesn’t consume us, time to piddle, time with family and close friends, and time to just hang out.”
― The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
― The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“The fear of abandonment, especially to a vulnerable child is equivalent to death.”
― Shame: Spiritual Suicide
― Shame: Spiritual Suicide
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