“Cause I need freedom now, and I need to know how, to live my life as it’s meant to be.” –Mumford and Sons Living in our little shell can be very lonely. Sometimes being lonely is better than the potential pain that exists if we were to be exposed and rejected. But still, loneliness is painful. Isolation is painful. Being Read more…
“The thinker without the paradox is like the lover without passion” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Kristyn’s post from last week was timely for me. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the problems that arise from thinking in either/or terms. I think I’m done with dialectics, thinking in terms of absolutes. So many people that I talk to, along with myself, believe Read more…
Oogway: My friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours until you let go of the illusion of control. Shifu: Illusion? Oogway: Yes. [points at peach tree] Oogway: Look at this tree, Shifu: I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time. Shifu: But there are things we *can* Read more…
Sometimes we get sick. Most of the time we can press forward with things that need to get done, even though our productivity is decreased. Every once in a while though, we need to rest, sometimes see a doctor, and take care of ourselves so we can get better. Once we are better, we feel energized and can be as Read more…
“If a man [pretends] to be great, how can he conceal his mediocrity?”–Tao Te Ching A lot of us have a fear of being ordinary. We want to be excellent in everything we do. Often we put so much pressure on ourselves because we believe that we are living below our potential. Sometimes, we can even put a tremendous amount of Read more…
