When you think that the pendulum has swung way too far from your comfort zone or that you must be crazy to dream your big dreams, remember what Abraham Maslow experienced when he asked his students which among them would write a great novel, be a great composer, or a great leader:
Generally, everybody starts giggling, blushing, and squirming until I ask, if not you, then who else? Which of course is the truth. . . . If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you’ll be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life. You will be evading your own capacities, your own possibilities.
self-sabotage
the end of this article almost made me tear up:
BOOKS
we've replaced a handful of books recently and i finally finished Suttree! i think i may have started an actual reading habit and i couldn't be happier.
this video was thoroughly enjoyable and took me places i did not expect to go. ugh, i miss traveling and being in public spaces. my heart now aches. well done.
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