Resistance shows up in various ways—denial, lying to oneself, missing the forest for the trees, perfectionism, procrastination, self-sabotage. When we resist, we look whatever it is we’re resisting in place. We block the flow of feelings and thoughts and rather than pass through us, they stay in us and grow in impact over time. We […]
Humility comes in when we understand that nothing we are and nothing we do is about who we are—but about the universe expressing itself through us.
We often have hard time asking for help. It may feel embarrassing or as an admission of weakness. Perhaps we think we’re intruding or we that not coping on our own is a sign of weakness.
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People see in us a reflection of who they are. As we see ourselves in others. We are all mirrors for each other. The positive qualities people see in us are the positive qualities they feel in themselves. What we reject in others is what we don’t accept about ourselves.
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When we have resistance to ask for the love, care, help, attention we need often that’s because there’s an underlying assumption that if we deserved them, we wouldn’t have to ask for them.
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When we get too hung up on taking the right decision—whether that’s because we’re afraid of failure, or the stakes are too high—we can get into an analysis paralysis.
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Life expresses itself in both overt and covert ways. Nature is powerful both in its ferocity and its quiet adaptability. We can give by giving, and we can give by receiving. We can attack with action and with the absence of it. We tend to associate the qualities we seek with their overt expressions—attention is
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Sometimes what we’re most looking for is what we already have. What we miss the most is what’s already there.
Water to fish, air to birds Read More »
I was running one afternoon, when I realised that nothing in my life was a coincidence. Everything, literally every single thing that has happened—every feeling I’ve had, each big and small decision I’ve taken, every thought—was the tailor-made extension of the person I had been. My life, in all it was and all it wasn’t,
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We all avoid facing the truth at times: the hurtful realisations, the disruptive decisions they’d trigger, the reckoning with guilt, shame, loss. We are wired for self-protection and our instinct to avoid suffering sometimes expresses itself as resistance to looking ourselves and life in the face. What are you afraid you aren’t being honest with
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