life becomes a lot easier when you like yourself.

someone who did their homework recently

everything… everyone… every experience… they’re all mirrors of our inner world — of our relationship to everything. of our relationships with ourselves.

it’s becoming more and more clear that people treat others the way they feel about themselves. and people can only meet others as far as they’ve met themselves.

the process: try first. observe. apply.

the way that we experience the world and relationships mirrors our inner world becomes more obvious when i try to assess growth potential. i look at tolerance for discomfort. as soon as discomfort is present, some questions come to mind — why is there discomfort? what is discomfort here to teach?

perhaps discomfort is necessary to elicit introspection and change. broken heart? what needs more self-compassion? hunger pangs? what needs to be fed?

we often learn through experience. most of us experience a myriad of emotions. without pain, we would not know and appreciate pleasure. maybe… we can learn to appreciate pain’s wisdom. hard sell, i know. but something to try.

without loss, we wouldn’t appreciate value.

a good friend once told me that you can tell how someone will value you by the way they treat their valuables.

*this post deserves more air during waking hours