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 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 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 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 Articlehow you fall matters
(from “The Lion in the Winter”): – Prince Richard: [the sons – in the dungeon – think they hear Henry approach] He’s here. He’ll get no satisfaction out of me. He isn’t going to see me beg. Prince...
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.”...
View Articlesuccess is a burden
— “The toughest thing about success is you’ve got you keep on being a success.” = Irving Berlin —- Ok. I thought about the burden of success … or maybe it is the seductiveness of success …...
View Articleaddicted to the world’s whisper
==== ===== “I’m addicted to the world’s whisper.” ———- – Patrick Madden – ==== Well. Every once in a while you find some words … a quote in this case … which makes you stop and think … and it...
View Articlewhat will you look at
=== “No matter what you are looking at, you can find something wrong with it, something imperfect, something that is not okay with you. Don’t worry, if you look hard enough you’ll find it. There is...
View Articlefate of one
===== “The fate of this man or that man was less than a drop, although it was a sparkling one, in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea.” — T. H. White <The Once and Future King> – ==== – “The...
View ArticleAnniversary 2: Help!
Ringo: – The fire brigade once got my head out of some railings. = John: – Did you want them to? = Ringo: – No. I used to leave it there when I wasn’t using it for school. You can see a lot of the...
View Articlereflective thinking
=========== “It’s surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you’re...
View Articleperspective and hunters and business
=== “Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.” — African proverb === Ok. When I say hunters I mean the people who will do whatever they feel they need to do to get...
View Articlea beauty in all my imperfections
———- “There’s a beauty in all my imperfections and he’s the one who holds them up for me to see.” = Crazy/Beautiful —————— “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can...
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