cloning self image
——- “Why are you trying so hard to fit in, when you’re born to stand out.” Oliver James ——– So. I love this quote from a variety of perspectives. But. Today I am going to use it to discuss self...
View Articleshakespeare and self esteem
“Be true to thineself.” Shakespeare ——- I used this quote in maybe one of my first 5 posts but since my friend Jen referenced it with regard to self esteem I thought I would bring it back and...
View Articlemaking your mark in the world
Everybody talks about building something. Or create a new life. Or get a new start on things. All of them are aspects of aiming toward making your own personal mark on the world. Your “mark” doesn’t...
View Articlethe difficulties of being too nice
So. I guess I never thought about this too much <well … at least rarely> … generosity and being nice and crap like that. And then all of a sudden my mother suggested (said) to me “you are too...
View Articleechoes in eternity
“what we do in life will echo in eternity” – Maximus (in Gladiator) Because I just used this quote with regard to myself, and project global generation, I thought I would complete the thought with a...
View Articlejust do what you think you should
“all I can do is be me, whoever that is.” – Bob Dylan “Everything passes, everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.” – Bob Dylan Ok. I have never been a big fan of Bob Dylan’s music....
View Articleturn your back on what you know
“To truly learn turn your back on what you know … leave it all behind. To truly know the world you must immerse yourself in what is not your knowledge.” – Tibetan thought Oh my. Immerse yourself in...
View Articlethat I have not been
“’pray for nothing, say every night in bed, I have been a king, I have been a slave, nor is there anything, fool, rascal, knave, that I have not been, yet upon my breast a myriad of hearts have lain.”...
View Article“I’m fine”
Ah. “I’m fine.” How many times have we heard those two words? How many times have we accepted the response and moved on? Oh. And how many times should we not have moved on? So. I have had this...
View Articlepoor self esteem is an equal opportunity employer
——— According to recent Dove Global research, only 11% of girls worldwide are comfortable using the word “beautiful” to describe themselves. In fact, when girls feel bad about their looks, more than...
View Articlemakbul and maktul … the burning space in one letter
“The burning space between one letter and the next …” –Edmund Jabes Well. I don’t know why … but I am always a little surprised when I am reminded that really small changes can make monumental...
View Articlefoolish consistency
“Consistency is the refuge of small minds” is often credited to Orson Wells … but it is most likely Orson being smart and paraphrasing good ole Ralph Waldo Emerson … “A foolish consistency is the...
View Articleholes and kids
“And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” – <Beyond Good and Evil> Friedrich Nietzsche Well. This is mostly about being different. Well. Actually. Maybe this...
View Articlefalling apart (quietly)
“The worst thing about falling to pieces is that humans can do it so quietly.” - inkskinned tumblr <a canadian teen> Well. Young people <if you aren’t hasty … and you actually pay attention...
View Articleottimista pessimista
“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.” – James B. Cabell Well. When entertaining <as if I actually entertain> my...
View Articleathazagoraphobia
athazagoraphobia: the fear of being forgotten “Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us”. - Sappho Ah. Being forgotten. I thought of this the other day after talking with someone...
View Articleyou can only see as far as you think (and women)
—– “What I hate is ignorance, smallness of imagination, the eye that sees no farther than its own lashes. All things are possible. Who you are is limited only by who you think you are.” - Egyptian...
View Articledon’t flinch (& destiny)
“Just remember, if you flinch from your destiny, you’ll never achieve your true greatness — you didn’t choose to be chosen, but being chosen means you have to choose.” – Charlie Jane Anders — This is a...
View Articlehow you fall matters (RIP Scott Stuart)
“When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” = Scott Stuart - ——- – From Lion in the Winter –...
View Articlelies we tell ourselves
——– “We lie best when we lie to ourselves.” = Stephen King ——– “The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we’re afraid.”...
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