“Our normal tendency is to feel dissatisfied and to criticize our body, speech, and mind - My body is out of shape; my voice is unpleasant; my mind is confused. - We are so caught up in this pointless, neurotic habit of criticism that we disparage others as well as ourselves. This is extremely damaging.” FeelsMindWellsBodyVoiceHabitShapesSpeechNormalCriticismCaughtTendenciesConfusedCriticizeCaught UpNeuroticPointlessDissatisfied Book:Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire Source: Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire
“It's so easy to get caught up in this weird life. This isn't normal and I'm not singing for people that live my life. I'm singing to the life I used to have. The life I want to have again.” PeopleWantUsedEasyNormalSingingCaughtCaught UpLiving My LifeEasy To GetWeird Life Author:Carrie Underwood
“It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others...Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion's questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.” WorldNeedsFeelsMaySeemsCompanyFitNormalExpectationsAdvantageResponseCuriosityCaughtObservationCompanionTemperCaught UpRemarksAdjustingTraveling AloneCompany We Keep Author:Alain de Botton
“It wasn't just that Lucy wanted to help him. She wasn't as selfless as that. She was madly attracted to him. She was attracted to all of the normal things and the weird things, too, like the back of his neck and his thumbs on the edge of his desk and the way his hair stuck out on one side like a little wing over his ear. She caught his smell once, and it made her dizzy. She couldn't fall asleep that night.” WayLittlesMadeHelpingWantedNightFallSidesHairNormalEarsWingsEdgesCaughtSmellStuckNecksSelflessDesksThumbsWeird ThingsLucyDizzyNormal Things Author:Ann Brashares