Category: self
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You cannot selectively numb emotion
The problem is — and I learned this from the research — that you cannot selectively numb emotion. You can’t say, here’s the bad stuff. Here’s vulnerability, here’s grief, here’s shame, here’s fear, here’s disappointment. I don’t want to feel these. I’m going to have a couple of beers and a banana nut muffin. […] You can’t numb those hard feelings without…
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If I’m not great, I’m good
Frank Sinatra speaking about a lesson he got from Benny Goodman: “He was away off in the corner, everybody was kind of sitting around, having a snip of booze or something like that; and I walked over to him and he was just kind of quietly noodling, and I said… every time I see you…
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What makes a good life?
There isn’t time — so brief is life — for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving— and but an instant, so to speak, for that. Mark Twain
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You Do What You Are
Alex Cross: You do what you are Jezzie. Jezzie Flannigan: You mean you are what you do. Alex Cross: No, I mean, you do what you are. You’re born with a gift. If not that, then you get good at something along the way. And what you’re good at, you don’t take for granted. You…
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It’s all illusion
Remember young sir, it’s all illusion; and dreams though potent, are no solution to the problems that we face. The rainbows that we chase are no more real than the idea that your foot will heal. My words no doubt seem strange to you, but please remember that they’re true. — The Pied Piper of Hamelin…
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The power of vulnerability
Three years ago, when I first watched this TED talk by Brené Brown, I had no idea how much it would expand my perception of the world. I highly recommend it to anyone who want to explore, understand and hack courage and vulnerability.
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Secret world
Someone once told me to say the following words, and they have been stuck with me ever since. “I will be there, in that blank space with you. That is our place and you are mine”.
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How an 18th-Century Philosopher Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis
David Hume, the Buddha, and a search for the Eastern roots of the Western Enlightenment Could David Hume Have Known about Buddhism? Charles Francois Dolu, the Royal College of La Flèche, and the Global Jesuit Intellectual Network by Alison Gopnik
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Gratitude
Last year I discovered a book written by Oliver Sacks, called Gratitude. In this post I’ll write about the experiences this book brought me and I’ll share some things I’m grateful for.
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Evernote, unfortunately it’s time for me to let go
By the very end of last year I decided to fully delete all my content from Evernote. This was a very sad decision for me, but I’ll tell you why I did it in this post.
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Top 10 Amazing re/discoveries of 2016
During 2016 I decided to compile a list of amazing discoveries or rediscoveries. These are movies and shows I watched, tools I used for my web design work, singers I enjoyed listening and YouTube channels I subscribed.
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Next Year Baby
New resolutions for 2017 and a look back at 2016. Do you have a wish list for this year? Do you want to know mine?
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Hello, 2017!
Welcome to my personal blog. This is a new space I created to save memories, share my thoughts and exchange some ideas. I intend to write daily, so feel free to come back anytime.