Understanding the Self-Critic
This last year, I've been diving in full-throttle in identity work and self betterment. This investigation has required a tremendous amount of deconstruction, reconstruction, and a deep sense of self awareness. Here are some findings. So, I'm a Tiger Daughter. I was raised with a perfectionist Tiger Mom who expected a lot of her kids, who really wanted us to take on a lot and be tough asses. And we did. Well, at least my brothers were fantastic at the hard sciences. I wasn't. I was good at.... err... drawing, and... watching people….
Night thoughts.
At the end of the day,You are the one left with yourself. You will see yourself, face to face.
Are you right with yourself? When all is said and done, when you put down all your armor, all your masks, all the roles you perform, Are you?….
The Self and Isolation
Some more quotes from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
Siddhartha reflected deeply as he went on his way. He realized that he was no longer a youth; he was now a man. He realized that something had left him, like the old skin that a snake sheds. Something was no longer in him, something that had accompanied him right through his youth and was part of him; this was the desire to have teachers and to listen to their teachings....
A Greater Capacity for Feeling the Whole Gamut; Where Empathy Comes From.
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Feeling Grateful
For closest of friends For not-so-closest of friends
For people who know just what to do
For friends that listen
For friends that need me to listen
For friends that call outta the blue….
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