Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they can be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you really need to do, in order to have what you want.
— Margaret Young
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Sometimes you just need to be alone. Sometimes, not even your best friend needs to know. Sometimes, you need to put up the walls so you can examine yourself in the peace and quiet. Sometimes the loud sounds need to fade away, leaving only the silence and you; that’s it.
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fremtiden virker så usikker nå. alt håp og sikkerhet er nå borte vekk i det fjerne. trenger å klareret tankene og følelsene. trenger bekreftelse på at alt skal gå bra og at ingenting var forgjeves. ta lærdom i valgene som er blitt gjort - både gode og dårlige.
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always
I have no fear of losing you, for you aren’t an object of my property, or anyone else’s. I love you as you are, without attachment, without fears, without conditions, without egoism, trying not to absorb you. I love you freely because I love your freedom, as well as mine.
— Anthony de Mello (via youngfolksociety)
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Studies have shown, that, indeed, introverts are more likely than extroverts to express intimate facts about themselves online that their family and friends would be surprised to read, to say that they can express the “real me” online, and to spend more time in certain kinds of online discussions. They welcome the chance to communicate digitally. The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand, or two million, without thinking twice. The same person who finds it difficult to introduce himself to strangers might establish a presence online and then extend those relationships into the real world.
— Quiet: The Power of Introverts, by Susan Cain (via nerdyninjanicole)
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