I don't really draw mammals much lately. Weird! Here are some mammal studies from the coffeeshop, along with scribbled incomprehensible notes from listening to the very interesting Jordan Harbinger interview with Benjamin Hardy about how environment shapes our behavior. It's interesting to switch gears between birds and mammals vs. birds and turtles... Turtles just feel right, with hard angles and scales and beaks. Mammals are all squinty and furry and have teeth. What's up with that? #iminthewrongbranchoftheevolutionarytree #animal #notabird #art #illustration #sketch #sketchbook #selfimprovement #jordanharbinger #benjaminhardy #practice #studies #fluffy #shenandoahjoe (at Charlottesville, Virginia)

#youAreNotYourFears #freedom #thoughts #Feelings #mindfulness #meditation #zenwords #benjaminHardy The first step in living a life of freedom is to realize that you are not your fears. You experience your fears. Similarly, you are not your thoughts. You are aware of your thoughts. You are not even your body. Rather, you are the being inside experiencing and operating your body. You are the subject — your thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences are objects. Herein lies why most people build their lives around their fears. They have over-attached themselves to a particular self-concept. They’ve created a box around themselves ,  “personality”  to define who they are and how they act. The truth is much more simple: you are the one who experiences your thoughts, feelings, and physical senses.
— Benjamin Hardy

#feelings #emotions #feelYourFeelings #learnFromYourFeelings #mindfulness #meditation #zenwords #benjaminHardy The very fact that these emotions are rising-up is a signal you have an unresolved internal conflict. Rather than burying these emotions deeper, see them for what they are: feelings. These feelings are not you. They are something you’ve experienced. Feel them out. Don’t hide from them. Don’t distract yourself from them. Observe and experience them fully. Forgive yourself or the event. Learn from them. This will likely be uncomfortable. You bury these feelings because they are unpleasant and painful. Experience these feelings and free yourself from them. — Benjamin Hardy

#fear #evolutionOfFear #threats #selfEsteem #thoughts #failing #mindfulness #meditation #zenwords #benjaminHardy Human-beings have an embedded fight-or-flight reaction to threat. For most of human history, we were exposed to physical threats constantly. However, now that our physical environment is quite safe, our threats have shifted from external to internal. Now, rather than worrying about being killed by a tiger, you’re worried about your self-esteem. You’re worried about what people think about you. You’re worried about not being good enough. You’re worried about offending other people. You’re worried about failing. — Benjamin Hardy

Quote of the day: “Whatever you see, that’s what you’re committed to.” — Benjamin Hardy •||• [at least as long as one’s attention span ...] • #quoteoftheday • #wordsofwisdom • #quotes • #benjaminhardy • #benjaminhardywisdom • #smallstudiodesign • (at Smallstudio Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9XPQEcBUaf/?igshid=nyju1az5ises

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