“Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men.” MenHeartKindHas BeensFeelingsSufferingInjusticeHungerAll KindsDistress Author:Thomas Carlyle
“Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or 'too bad' if we don't use the gifts that we've been given; we pay for it with our emotional and physical well-being. When we don't use our talents to cultivate meaningful work, we struggle. We feel disconnected and weighted down by feelings of emptiness, frustration, resentment, shame, disappointment, fear, and even grief.” IfsFeelsWellsUseFeelingsMotivationalTurnsGivenGriefPayStruggleOur LivesTalentEmotionalShameDisappointmentMeaningfulWell BeingEmptinessFrustrationResentmentDistressDisconnectedBenignMeaningful WorkSquandering Book:The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires a considerable degree of free time, health, and an outlook of confident positivism. Thus, the religious authorities work hard to make and keep people feeling sinful, unworthy, and unhappy.” PeopleMenKindMayHardFeelingsSufferingOpportunityReligiousHard WorkDegreesAuthorityUnhappyPriestsDistressOutlookUnworthyFree TimeTime HealsPositivism Author:Robert Sheaffer
“When coming up with Wonder Woman cover designs, sometimes people will pitch ideas to me, either the writer or the editor. And it's interesting, because I know they're not trying to, but they end up pitching things that end up feeling like damsel-in-distress covers, where the tension comes from her needing to be rescued somehow. And it's something I immediately push back against.” PeopleKnowsTryingBookIdeasEndsSometimesFeelingsInterestingWonderDesignComicTensionEditorsDistressComic BookPitchingWonder WomanDamsel In Distress Author:Cliff Chiang