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Found this on FB and I found it to be comforting amidst all the photo posts of people's years on instagram and FB, making me miss the days when this wasn't possible.
"And so another year comes to an end,
And you made it.
Whether the year was good or bad,
you made it.
You
And that's pretty incredible.
So if no one's told you yet, I'm so proud of you.
And I can't wait to see what the new year brings for us, With both the ups and the downs. But we'll make it, once again.
got through 100% of your bad days,
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sortofpoetry "
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"Fantasy is not antirational, but pararational; not realistic but surrealistic, a heightening of reality. In Freud's terminology, it employs primary not secondary process thinking. It employs archetypes which, as Jung warned us, are dangerous things. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe." ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
"Socrates said, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn’t talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean. Language used as a means to get power or make money goes wrong: it lies. Language used as an end in itself, to sing a poem or tell a story, goes right, goes towards the truth. A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.”
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
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Church has a practice of writing letters about the resolutions or items you want to change or improve on or challenges, then you get them back the next year to see what you've done or accomplished.
But I've learned that this practice/ritual doesn't quite work for me? I've tried a lot of rituals that don't quite work for me. And over time I've learned I'm not lesser for them not working or greater for that matter. They just don't work. I must do and find what works for me - and not worry so much what works for someone else. Neither compare nor judge either way. That does not mean not trying it out - to see, but it does mean not to judge myself too harshly when it doesn't work out for me.
"And so another year comes to an end,
And you made it.
Whether the year was good or bad,
you made it.
You
And that's pretty incredible.
So if no one's told you yet, I'm so proud of you.
And I can't wait to see what the new year brings for us, With both the ups and the downs. But we'll make it, once again.
got through 100% of your bad days,
sortofpoetry "**
"Fantasy is not antirational, but pararational; not realistic but surrealistic, a heightening of reality. In Freud's terminology, it employs primary not secondary process thinking. It employs archetypes which, as Jung warned us, are dangerous things. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe." ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
"Socrates said, “The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.” He wasn’t talking about grammar. To misuse language is to use it the way politicians and advertisers do, for profit, without taking responsibility for what the words mean. Language used as a means to get power or make money goes wrong: it lies. Language used as an end in itself, to sing a poem or tell a story, goes right, goes towards the truth. A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.”
~ Ursula K. Le Guin
***
Church has a practice of writing letters about the resolutions or items you want to change or improve on or challenges, then you get them back the next year to see what you've done or accomplished.
But I've learned that this practice/ritual doesn't quite work for me? I've tried a lot of rituals that don't quite work for me. And over time I've learned I'm not lesser for them not working or greater for that matter. They just don't work. I must do and find what works for me - and not worry so much what works for someone else. Neither compare nor judge either way. That does not mean not trying it out - to see, but it does mean not to judge myself too harshly when it doesn't work out for me.