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next When I feel inspired, I realize that I only really need a very small amount of inspiration to get on the right path. I don't actually need to read a whole book or go to Green Gulch or buy a gym membership. Yet I spend vastly more time avoiding and resisting the inspiration that is available to me than in trying to improve myself. So with an eye toward changing all that, this page is meant to be a source of inspiration to me. I will link it from the front page of my diary and try to get in the habit of reviewing it, ideally once every morning. (Could it really be this simple?) ONGOING FOR MYSELF AS MOTHER Lead by example. If I want them to pick up after themselves, pick up after myself. Don't lose my temper and snipe; model kindness, thoughtfulness, self-control, and respect. I don't have the same interests or goals as my mother or father. My children will not have the same interests or goals that I have. Accept this and don't try to predetermine what they will become. Only try to set a good example. GENERAL Whether you believe you can, or whether you believe you can't, you're absolutely right. --Henry Ford "Western thought tends to pathologize what is understood in Buddhism as a universally human starting point for wisdom and self-understanding. The "deficiencies" of childhood and the "errors" of adult life often do not represent darkness or void, as they initially seem to, but rather, are occasions that create the possibility of life and freedom. Human urges and conflicts are not necessarily pathologic; instead, they reflect the movement of life as it attempts to become manifest within us. The point is to allow the conflicts to surface and become visible."* *When you are too broke to buy the books, draw inspiration from the Amazon blurbs. prev archive next 0 comments random |