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    “I can show weakness. I can be real. And when I reveal my true heart, not everyone is going to approve. What I know now is that I don’t need them to.”

    Alicia Keys, More Myself (Page 144)

    Chögyam Trungpa Quote on Managing Desire and Being Able To Afford To Relax

      “When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed… Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.”

      Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, via Sunbeams (Page 3)

      Beyond the Quote (Day 372)

      If you feel like you can’t afford to relax, you should reevaluate what it is exactly that you’re trying to afford. Hustle culture has us working from the minute we get up until the minute we go to bed—and leaves many of us feeling like we STILL didn’t do enough. We stress about the things we didn’t finish, the things we have yet to start, and how we’re going to close the gap between where we are and where we want to be—so that we can finally… relax.

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        “how you love yourself is

        how you teach others

        to love you”

        Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 186)

          “loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself”

          Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 153)

            “you must enter a relationship

            with yourself

            before anyone else”

            Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 150)

            Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quote on Revealing Inner Beauty When The Darkness Sets In

              “People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

              Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

              Beyond the Quote (156/365)

              Matching your moods to the weather of the day is easy—happy when it’s sunny, gloomy when it’s overcast. It’s a very natural response to the sort of feelings each type of weather encourages. How could you not be in a better mood when the sun is shining bright versus when it’s dark and gloomy? And so it is for most of us. But, what if you didn’t have to be in a dark and gloomy mood when it was dark and gloomy outside? What if you could learn to maintain a peak state that was independent of the weather? This is the art of nurturing the light within.

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                “what i miss most is how you loved me. but what i didn’t know was how you loved me had so much to do with the person i was. it was a reflection of everything i gave to you. coming back to me. how did i not see that. how. did i sit here soaking in the idea that no one else would love me that way. when it was i that taught you. when it was i that showed you how to fill. the way i needed to be filled. how cruel i was to myself. giving you credit for warmth simply because you had felt it. thinking it was you who gave me strength. wit. beauty. simply because you recognized it. as if i was already not these things before i met you. as if i did not remain all these once you left.”

                Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 138)

                  “i do not want to have you

                  to fill the empty parts of me

                  i want to be full on my own

                  i want to be so complete

                  i could light a whole city

                  and then

                  i want to have you

                  cause the two of us combined

                  could set it on fire”

                  Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 59)

                    “Why quit cigarettes or all those sweets you’ve been eating?  Isn’t life short and meant to be enjoyed?  Don’t you deserve a treat?  Yes, these are the justifications I gave myself too.  And they’re a load of bull.  Life is short, so why waste it on pure junk?  Those things don’t make you happy—if anything, they made me less and less happy about myself.  I’ve been happier once I gave up those habits and learned to be healthy and trustworthy to myself.  Eating healthy food is a treat.  Living smoke-free is pure bliss.  But the biggest reason to change is that you love yourself.  You don’t need to harm yourself to find happiness and contentment.  Taking care of yourself is a form of self-compassion, and the sooner you start, the sooner you’ll feel good about how you’re loving yourself.” ~ Leo Babauta, Essential Zen Habits (Page 148)