101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

The things you love about others are the things you love about yourself. The things you hate about others are the things you cannot see in yourself.

The main thing socially intelligent people understand is that your relationship to everyone else is an extension of your relationship to

yourself.

As children, routine gives us a feeling of safety. As adults, it gives us a feeling of purpose.

Happiness is not experiencing something else; it’s continually experiencing what you already have in new and different ways.

What stands in the way becomes the way.”

but in reality, you are psychologically incapable1 of being able to predict what will make you happy.

figure out what you most need to heal within yourself by seeing what you most want to change in others.

best of your ability.

Why do you do what you do each day?

Is it to feel a high? For money? For livelihood? There’s no right or wrong answer here; the point is simply just to know what most strongly motivates you. Even if it’s just making a living, you can fuel a passion project with the desire to more comfortably pay bills each month.

The things you love about others are the things you love about yourself. The things you hate about others are the things you cannot see in yourself

Even if it wasn’t your fault, it is your problem, and you get to choose what you do in the aftermath. You have every right to rage and rant and hate every iota of someone’s being, but you also have the right to choose to be at peace. To thank them is to forgive them, and to forgive them is to choose to realize that the other side of resentment is wisdom.