Posts tagged with “serenity”
Silencing Your Lizard Brain: Stop Feeling Pressured and Inadequate
“Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.” ~Unknown
Damn lizard brain, I hate you sometimes. Why do you always have this thirst for more? Why must you have such impossibly high expectations for everything?
It’s good to have standards, but when is it too much?
Things can be going great for me and I could have the entire world love me, yet it wouldn’t be enough.
I still wouldn’t be happy even every human on Earth left me a voicemail to tell me I’m wonderful. Instead, I’d be wondering how everyone got my number.
Why is it never enough? …
In Pursuit of Peace: Why It’s Hard to Find Serenity
“The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.” ~Robert Pirsig
The other evening I was I was lying in the bath following yet another hectic day in the office. As I sat there in the bubbles, I could feel my tension rising. I tried my hardest to block out the banging of the washing machine in the next room and the great stomping footsteps from the flat above.
All of a sudden, this peaceful treat was starting to feel more like a battle of wills—me against the world.
This made me …
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