#yours

Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always 20 times better. ↗

— Margaret Oliphant

#fashion #style

Fiction allows us to slide into these other heads, these other places, and look out through other eyes. And then in the tale we stop before we die, or we die vicariously and unharmed, and in the world beyond the tale we turn the page or close the book, and we resume our lives. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#fiction

I loved Enso Roshi’s teachings. I loved learning about life. I loved life. It was a good thing to feel. I loved life, and I loved learning, and I was still learning. I was not, yet, done. At the end of our journeys, there would be an end to the journey. Maybe. If I was lucky. If providence shone down upon me gently. I would find love. I would find acceptance. Complete love. Complete acceptance. I would know, that the self, is an illusion. I would come to enlightenment, but that would also mean, there would be no ‘I’ there. I would realize that the ‘I’ was an illusion, all along, just like some great dream. This is what the wise sages say, the great teachings, the mystical teachings, not only from the East, but also from the West. The Gospel of Saint Thomas. Thomas Merton. Thomas, like I was Thomas, and also doubting, the main reasons I’d chosen the name. If nothing else, it was lovable, just as it is. My life. Even the parts I didn’t love, could I love them? The struggles. It was all part of the journey, and would I not look back fondly on this, at some time? Look at how arduous and sincere I’d been. Look at how worried I’d been. Look at how insecure I’d been. Look at how I’d struggled. Trying to find my way. Would I not look back upon myself, affectionately and fondly and with love? ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#buddhism #enlightenment #journey #love #loving-one-s-self

When you fight yourself to discover the real you, there is only one winner. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#discover-the-real-you #finding-yourself #oneness #self-help #stephen-richards

Shine bright, be yourself. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#stephen-richards #stephen-richards-self-help #stephen-richards

Whatever it takes to find the real you, don't be daunted if the rest of the world looks on in shock. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#find-where-you-are #find-you #finding-yourself #self-help #stephen-richards

It was crazy. One minute my arms were around him in a very platonic friendly hug, the next, I was on fire, and no matter how he much touched me, it was not enough. ↗

— Somi Ekhasomhi

#romance #romance-novels #romance-novels

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#begin #even #far #identify #might

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#ground #how #knack #learning #miss

I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little easier. It's like a workout within itself. It's very tiring actually and you find yourself snacking more often. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#down #easier #feeding #find #i