rob hardy
@robhardy
writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱
rob hardy
ungated.life
Some people find themselves by already knowing who they are, then moving towards that. Other people find themselves by knowing who they’re not, then moving away from that. Many of us work our whole lives at a combination of the two.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
treat the tweets on your timeline as if they are messages in your inbox personally sent to you, and reply like how you’d reply to a friend sending that message
Given my text, please provide me with a list of factual errors, a list of spelling mistakes, a list of grammatical issues, a list of long words than can be replaced with short words (only provide words that exist in text, and only focus on words that can make a meaningful diffence in the context, so a shorter but useful list is better), a list of l... See more
zan's floating island ❂ • Tweet
perfection is an abstract concept. It takes an abstract mind to grasp its meaning and to cherish a vision that does not exist in the concrete world. Facility with abstraction is the sine qua non of giftedness; this quality differentiates the gifted from others throughout the lifespan.
Dr. Linda Silverman • Perfectionism: the Crucible of Giftedness
I've wondered, though, if one of the reasons we fail to acknowledge the brilliance of life is because we don't want the responsibility inherent in the acknowledgment. We don't want to be characters in a story because characters have to move and breathe and face conflict with courage. And if life isn't remarkable, then we don't have to do any of tha
... See moreDonald Miller • A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
My general working definition of compulsive/addictive behavior is “a pathological relationship to any mood-altering experience that has life-damaging consequences.”
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
— Søren Kierkegaard
Istra of Glome • Tweet
Whenever there is an argument between two ideas, find the third idea.
This, I believe, is the great Western truth: that each of us is a completely unique creature and that, if we are ever to give any gift to the world, it will have to come out of our own experience and fulfillment of our own potentialities, not someone else’s
- Joseph Campbell
- Joseph Campbell