Maybe you're not uninspired; maybe you're just distracted.
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You are not alone. I, too, have been there...a million times before and back again.
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I used to think that nature was out to get me: afraid of stings and bug bites...As if nature thought much of me at all.
Only now do I realize what an ego-centric point of view that was.
Self-awareness involves knowing what you think about what you think.
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God always seems to like the same stuff as the person telling you what God likes, but I don't remember God being so empathetic in the Bible.
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Growing is learning our reality-perception is often skewed by past experiences:
After all, not all women are like my mother, not even my mother anymore.
Sometimes you gotta not smoke for a little while just so you can get even higher the next time you do smoke.
Literally and figuratively.
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More often than not, what you think you need is only an illusion-something imposed upon you by another person or social structure. Often times, these perceived needs are really just a distraction and are, ultimately, unsatisfying.
There will always be a bigger, faster, "better" option waiting to pull you into a place of discontentment after a perceived need is met.
Don't lose your self over any other person. Or animal.
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What a luxury it is to find yourself!
Though the luckier ones might be those who never needed to go looking in the first place.
A lot of men say they are criminals, but they're really not.
A lot of criminals will say they are not.
A lot of criminals will say they are, and it shouldn't surprise you when you end up with less than you had before they came around.
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Your Worst Enemy is fashioned by your own mind.
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No problem ever got solved by worrying, but boy can I give them a run for their money!
The start of anything is always messy. It's a fluke if anything goes right the first time.
Your perception of reality is shaped by innumerous influences. Some big ones include:
- Your Family
Worry. I worry about my dog sometimes, but my worry is not always rooted in reality. My worry mostly comes from my own internal interpretations of reality, influenced by past and present circumstance. Ultimately, my dog is happy and healthy, and for him, there is no other reality than the one I've fashioned for him.
An ego is important for personal resilience, but the ego can quickly take over and get in the way of interpersonal relationships. There must be a balance of ego, for personal protection, and empathy, for relationships.
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On the path towards enlightenment, don't get in your own way.
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I was away from technology for a week-no internet or cell phone reception and had the thought, "Oh, let me call people I don't like to pretend to be somebody that I'm not."
Why? Why would I do that? Life is too short to pretend to be somebody that you're not. Inauthenticity causes anxiety, and repression leads to projection.
I was walking on some rocks along a river with my boyfriend and almost slipped and fell. My boyfriend began to walk closely to keep me from falling, and I said to him, "Can you please give me a little space? I think when you're around it makes me more cautious, and I don't trust myself enough." He laughed at my honesty; I, at a moment of self-awareness.
The weight of the message lingered after the laughter faded:
Sometimes we take less of a risk when we know we have someone on whom we can fall.