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“Accepting that we're imperfect, and knowing that we have a right to exist anyway, is an empowering and important life tool.”
― Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity
― Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity
“Normalize listening more than you talk.”
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“Mindfulness is resilience-making.
It’s like hydrating before a big race: you might not be thirsty when you’re drinking,
but you’re stronger and prepared when reserves are low.”
― BIG: the practice of joy
It’s like hydrating before a big race: you might not be thirsty when you’re drinking,
but you’re stronger and prepared when reserves are low.”
― BIG: the practice of joy
“Desire persuades us that if only we have a pleasant breath or if only we have that spacious feeling we had earlier, then we would be happy. But desire is insatiable. As soon as we get the object or experience we have been longing for, we move on to another desire, because the more we pursue desire, the more desire we experience.”
― The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation
― The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation
“Know you are perfect, just as you are, and that what you consider to be imperfections help make you the unique individual you are.”
― Epic Emotion: How You Win With You
― Epic Emotion: How You Win With You
Birnie’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Birnie’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
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