April 26, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Things Happen in Training: by seeing each day and each situation as a kind of training exercise, the stakes suddenly become a lot lower. The way you interpret your own mistakes and the mistakes of other is suddenly a lot more generous. Things Happen in Training: by seeing each day and each situation as a kind of training exercise, the stakes suddenly become a lot lower. The way you interpret your own mistakes and the mistakes of other is suddenly a lot more generous.
April 25, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Wrong: when someone points out a legitimate flaw in your belief or in your actions, they’re not criticizing you. They’re presenting a better alternative. Accept it! There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Wrong: when someone points out a legitimate flaw in your belief or in your actions, they’re not criticizing you. They’re presenting a better alternative. Accept it!
April 24, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Productive Use For Contempt: use an almost cynical language as a way to dismantle some of the fanciest and most coveted parts of life. A Productive Use For Contempt: use an almost cynical language as a way to dismantle some of the fanciest and most coveted parts of life.
April 23, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Mind is All Yours: “you have been formed of three parts – body, breath, and mind. Of these, the first two are yours insofar as they are only in your care. The third alone is truly yours.” The Mind is All Yours: “you have been formed of three parts – body, breath, and mind. Of these, the first two are yours insofar as they are only in your care. The third alone is truly yours.”
April 22, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Marks of a Rational Person: “these are the characteristics of the rational soul: self awareness, self examination, and self determination. It reaps its own harvest… it succeeds in its own purpose…” The Marks of a Rational Person: “these are the characteristics of the rational soul: self awareness, self examination, and self determination. It reaps its own harvest… it succeeds in its own purpose…”
April 21, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Don’t Let Your Attention Slide: attention is a habit, and letting your attention slip and wander builds bad habits and enables mistakes. Don’t Let Your Attention Slide: attention is a habit, and letting your attention slip and wander builds bad habits and enables mistakes.
April 20, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Real Good is Simple: wisdom, self control, justice, courage: no one who achieves these quiet virtues experiences buyer’s remorse. Real Good is Simple: wisdom, self control, justice, courage: no one who achieves these quiet virtues experiences buyer’s remorse.
April 19, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Our Sphere of Impulses: whether we’re experiencing great power or powerlessness- it’s critical to leave room for what may happen and keep the common good and the actual worth of things front and center. Our Sphere of Impulses: whether we’re experiencing great power or powerlessness- it’s critical to leave room for what may happen and keep the common good and the actual worth of things front and center.
April 18, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Opinions Are Like…: what if we let these opinions go? Let’s try weeding them out of our lives so that things simply are. Opinions Are Like…: what if we let these opinions go? Let’s try weeding them out of our lives so that things simply are.
April 17, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on No Harm, No Foul: if being upset or hurt is something you’d like to experience less often, then make sure your interpretations of others’ words make that possible. No Harm, No Foul: if being upset or hurt is something you’d like to experience less often, then make sure your interpretations of others’ words make that possible.
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