How to Stop Trying So Hard? - Daily Wisdom #7

Why Do I Take Things Personally ? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. To take something personally is to place yourself at the center of another person's behavior, to assume that what they did was aimed, that it carried an intention toward you and a judgment of your worth. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

What is Mine to Carry ? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. Think of how you feel walking through your own door at the end of a hard day. You are often carrying a weight that is unmistakably heavy, and yet if you stopped to sort through it, you might find that a surprising amount of it is not actually yours. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

How to feel Closer to Myself? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. We have arranged things so that we are almost never alone with ourselves, and the moment a pause opens, the phone is in the hand, a sound is filling the silence, the next task is already pulling us forward. More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

Discipline can be Soft - Taoism

The deepest discipline is not never falling away. It is learning how to return without turning against yourself. * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]

What Does Kindness Give Back? - Daily Wisdom

Welcome back to Daily Wisdom. We have moved from seeing more of another person's story, to listening past their words, to imagining our way into their world, to choosing a response instead of firing off a reaction. All of it has been leaning toward one simple thing, the plain willingness to be good to another human being. So I want to end on a question we rarely stop to ask about that. What does kindness give back? More resources: * Free resources, books and more on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wordsoftaoism.com/⁠⁠⁠ [https://wordsoftaoism.com/] ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ * My Substack Blog:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://taoismteachings.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://taoismteachings.substack.com/] * Music I use, as a playlist:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://tinyurl.com/spotifyzenplaylist]