Two Thoughts (31 March - 6 April)
Sunday, 31 March
Two thoughts from Howard Thurman
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive"
"Do not be silent; there is no limit to the power that may be released through you."
Monday, 1 April
Two thoughts from Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer . . . and on the reader.”
“Don’t waste your time hating a failure. Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.”
Tuesday, 2 April
Two thoughts from Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“A ‘normal person’ is what is left after society has squeezed out all unconventional opinions and aspirations out of a human being.”
“Though you can love what you do not master, you cannot master what you do not love.”
Wednesday, 3 April
Two thoughts from Susan L. Taylor
"Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking."
"In every crisis there is a message."
Thursday, 4 April
Two thoughts from Derek Lin
“changes must be made from the inside out.”
“Thus, if you look for the Tao in books, you won’t find it anywhere . . . but if you look for the Tao in life, you will find it everywhere.”
Friday, 5 April
Two thoughts from Ian Hacking
"The final arbitrator in philosophy is not how we think but what we do."
"Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be."
Saturday, 6 April
Two thoughts from James Hollis
"What I refuse to face within myself will meet me in the exterior world through you, not as you are, but as I have so construed you."
"Fear of our own depths is the enemy."
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dear jim,
thank you as always for these! some of my favorites today:
Howard Thurman:
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive"
Mokokoma Mokhonoana:
“A ‘normal person’ is what is left after society has squeezed out all unconventional opinions and aspirations out of a human being.”
Derek Lin:
“changes must be made from the inside out.”
“Thus, if you look for the Tao in books, you won’t find it anywhere . . . but if you look for the Tao in life, you will find it everywhere.”
much love! thanks for sharing!
myq
Love that Clarissa Pinkola Estés featured on my birthday!