Hapless Tigger: Thought for the Day

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Thought for the Day

Intimacy is possible only when people tell each other the truth. Anything withheld creates distance. It's possible to live a life in a web of lies without ever uttering a falsehood. Some of the biggest lies are lies of omission.

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Words to Live By

"You must give up everything, in order to gain everything. What must you give up? Everything that is not truly you; all that you have chosen without choosing and value without evaluating. All your self-doubt that keeps you from trusting and loving yourself or other human beings. What will you gain? Only your own true self; a self who is at peace, who is able to truly love and be loved, and who understands who and what she is meant for. But you can be yourself only if you are no one else. You must give up "their" approval, whoever they are, and look to yourself for evaluation of success and failure, in terms of your own level of aspiration that is consistent with your values. Nothing is simpler and nothing is more difficult."
-- Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross