Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Quote by Oprah Winfrey
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Harsh Feedback – It often comes from one of two kinds of people: People who give themselves feedback in the same heartless tone. They don’t hesitate to brutally lash out, because that’s the noise they often hear inside. And folks who honestly believe that their work is flawless. They can’t understand how anyone else can fail to measure up, because they never seem to. Of course, each group has a significant (though different) problem. In fact, now that they’re spreading their harshness with others, they have two problems. When in doubt, look for the fear.
FROM: Seth Godin’s Daily Blog
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When feeling badly about ourselves, we often try on other skins rather than understand and care for our own. How much time is spent comparing ourselves to others, dead or alive? When wounded and troubled, we sometimes feel compelled to puff ourselves up. For in our pain, it seems to make sense that if we were larger, we would be harder to miss. If we were larger, we’d have a better chance of being loved. It is not surprising then that others need to be made smaller so we can maintain our illusion of seeming bigger than our pain. But being human, we are often troubled and blocked by insecurity and a feeling of unworthiness. The truth is the corrective story of how we return to who we are and compassion is the never ending story of how we embrace each other and forgive ourselves for not accepting our beautifully particular place in the fabric of our lives.
FROM: Mark Nepo THE BOOK OF AWAKENING Having The Life You Want By Being Present To The Life You Have
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