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This lifetime is yours, just yours. You may be involved in relationships and love others, but basically what you make of your life and how you pass through it is your evolution. That is why adversity is useful. In desperation, we begin to pull on our unlimited power; and we realize that anything can be changed, that suffering is a product of the in
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities. Strengthen the individual. Start with yourself. Take care with yourself. Define who you are. Refine your personality. Choose your destination a... See more
Jordan Peterson • 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value
Hermann Hesse • Siddhartha
We cannot control our circumstances, but we can control how we respond to them. We can control whether an experience makes us a bitter person or a better person. What matters in life is not so much what happens to us but what happens in us.
Rick Warren • God's Power to Change Your Life (Living with Purpose)
What does it mean to be a hero in the liminal? Perhaps not what it means to be a hero in the regular world. It may be that there is an inversion at play — that to survive the underworld, we need to embody the opposing qualities of our old culture. Humility over control. Surrender and acceptance over striving and efforting. This does not mean becomi... See more
Alexander Beiner • Traversing the Underworld: What Myth can Teach us During the Pandemic
“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”
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Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell
A quote by Joseph Campbell
What a heavy burden it is to have to battle with the world to get what you want and if the world does not respond, to have to battle with yourself. How hard it is to believe that if you are poor, ill, ugly or unlucky it is your own fault; that you are flawed and so must change. These ideas suggest that you are an accumulation of various shortcoming
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