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The truth is, I am still learning, I am still growing, and I am still making mistakes and repeating them. I am still finding what makes me feel empowered, and alternatively, what makes me feel small. 

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We can’t know what we truly need in order to be our happiest, in order to reach the highest level of our existence, because we’re not living at that level yet.

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Where do you put the other half of the words, the ones that don’t end up on the page? Is there a graveyard of lifeless prose somewhere? What is it about another human being’s embrace that feels so good? Why do you like the feeling of another heart so close to yours?

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Do I continuously try to make improvements in my life? 

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In identifying with the egoic self, our thoughts become an extension of who we are.

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Last night I ran 3.33 miles under a lunar eclipse.

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This idea can be hard to accept because we all strive to be good people, but regardless of our intentions, we may still impact others negatively.

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That’s how I know that I’d never want anyone to change for me, because I could never do such a thing in return.

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Instead of reflecting on the things they’ve done and putting in the effort to change their bad behaviors, they are going to place the blame elsewhere.

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People-pleasing is the rejection of oneself.