FOCUS ON YOURSELF MORE
“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.”
Don't think about making life better for other people who don't even deserve you, rather, focus on making your life the best, for yourself and those who love you.
It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. Someone is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self.
WHAT I'M WEARING;
JOGGER PANTS FROM UNIQLO
BLACK BERRET FROM THRIFT STORE
BLACK GRAPHIC TEE FROM THRIFT STORE
BLACK SHADE FROM HM
BLAZER FROM ZARA
BLACK CROP TOP FROM MONKI
BLACK CROP TOP FROM MONKI
BELTS FROM THRIFT STORE
BAG FROM ZARA
BLACK HIGH KNEE BOOTS AND BLACK BOOTS FROM FOREVER 21
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