Source: Brené Brown from her book “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead” (via weltenwellen). Portrait via Isak
Saturday Morning
We’re so driven to make ourselves “better” all the time…
We are mercilessly hard on ourselves for our losses, our defeats, our wounds, our failures, the parts of us that don’t measure up.
This is a weekend in non-self-improvement….
~ Francis Weller, in an interview with Tim McKee titled The Geography Of Sorrow. Francis Weller On Navigating Our Losses
Photo: Nap time by Aku*S
It’s been a long day
I am only a little better at giving in than I used to be,
at slowing down,
at sitting still.
But progress is progress.
~ Pam Houston, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Notes:
- Photo of Pam Houston.
- Related Posts: It’s been a long day
Be Better
NY Times 11 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2017:
Second annual semi-serious list of self-improvement tips, gleaned from the Styles stories that resonated most with readers in 2017. Here’s how to be healthy, happy and a little bit Canadian in 2017.” (And if you’d like to go deeper, our 15 tips for 2016 still hold up.)”
New Week. New Day. Let’s Go.
Kaizen
And to start your morning with Bach by Pablo Casals, here’s a Youtube link. Thank you Nia.
Source: thesensualstarfish