Adventures of Lili

I’m Reading This RIGHT NOW: “Ask Polly: Am I Too Smart for My Own Good?” – NY Mag

You imagine that you’re alone in your weird personal form of suffering. But you’re not alone. You want your suffering to be weirder, more dramatic, more terrible. But lots of people who are reading this understand exactly what you’re going through. … You are not a crazy genius or an irredeemable asshole or a misfit who’s damned for all time. You are just a person. We are all damned in our own…

Yes. This.: “Love Letter to the World” by Kate Courageous

In the face of complaints, look that person in the eye and imagine what it might have been like to be raised to see only what is wrong. In the face of selfishness, wonder what it might be like to walk the world with a feeling of lack, of depletion. In the face of insults, consider where this person first learned that it’s okay to abuse others… More

I’m Reading This Right Now: 15 Quotes From Wayne Dyer…

1.”My belief is that the truth is a truth until you organize it, and then becomes a lie. I don’t think that Jesus was teaching Christianity, Jesus was teaching kindness, love, concern, and peace. What I tell people is don’t be Christian, be Christ-like. Don’t be Buddhist, be Buddha-like.” 2. “A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force…

The universe is designed to support my unfolding and my delight.

– Danielle LaPorte

I’m Reading This RIGHT NOW: 10 Things You Do Not Need to Be Happier in Life

9. A superior time and place - The reason many people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.  They key, of course, is to do the opposite.  Appreciate your past without reliving it, handle your present with confidence, and face your future without fear.  Life is simply too short to…

Yes. This.: You can’t solve a problem…

“You can’t solve a problem from the same mind that created it.” – Albert Einstein

I’m Reading This RIGHT NOW: “Why Positive Thinking Didn’t Work for Me” – Lori Deschene

For a long time nothing stressed me out as much as positivity.

I was a perfectionist growing up, always trying to bang my flawed round-shaped self into a perfect square hole that couldn’t possibly contain me.

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