How Do People Actually Change? - Mockingbird
Love “Don't change: Desire to change is the enemy of love. Don't change yourselves: Love yourselves as you are. Don't change others: Love all others as they are. Don't change the world: It is in God's hands and he knows. And if you do that change will occur, Marvellously in its own way and in its own time, Yield to the current of life unencumbered
... See moreArjuna Ishaya • 200% – An Instruction Manual for Living Fully
We can be more compassionate. We will inevitably, in the course of therapy, realize how much we were let down by certain people in the past. A natural response might be blame. But the eventual, mature reaction (building on an understanding of how our own flaws arose) will be to interpret others’ harmful behaviour as a consequence of their own distu
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
It’s when we stop trying to change people and simply love them that they actually have a shot at transformation. The Enneagram is a tool that awakens our compassion for people just as they are, not the people we wish they would become so our lives would become easier.
Suzanne Stabile • The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
The challenge of human growth is outlined, for each of us, by our personal list of Psych Spectrum trouble areas. This list is why life will be hard. It’s why we’ll hurt others. It’s why we have regrets. It’s what stands in between us and the life we know we should be living.