I think I'm being friendly with someone and I'll sit in their lap. They think I'm flirting with them.
The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.
Wholehearted living is not like trying to reach a destination. It's like walking toward a star in the sky. We never really 'arrive,' but we certainly know that we're heading in the right direction.
When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.
Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.
Effort + the courage to show up = enough.
If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.
The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive
But there are a couple of places where it is clear to me that there should be no ambiguity of corporate responsibility - the environment and civil rights,. . As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.
You guys just here to blame someone. You never look yourselves in the mirror, eh? You're always good. You never make the mistakes. Your articles are always perfect. In reality, what have you done for this city? If you ask yourself, what have you done besides only criticize? Not much.
My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.