ourselves

I'll just quote myself for now; actually, I'll quote what a good friend of mine, David Jenkins responded to a post I made when I was feeling 'pissy.'"Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves." ~ David Jenkins, 2013

In our frenzied attempts to catch up with life, we run right past it. Once we have run past it, what we are in reality attempting to catch is ourselves.

What is the truth?_ he asked. __e place faith in ourselves,_ replied Altaïr (...) __e see the world as it really is, and hope that one day all mankind might see the same.___hat is the world, then?___n illusion,_ replied Altaïr. __ne we can either submit to _ as most do _ or transcend.___nd what is it to transcend?_'To recognize that laws arise not from divinity, but reason. I understand now that our Creed does not command us to be free._ And suddenly he really did understand. __t commands us to be wise

We reveal most about ourselves when we speak about others.

The more we try to stop others from falling, the more we hurt ourselves.

The world is a mirror of ourselves.

Each person carries around in himself a terrible other world of hell and the unknown. It is an enormous pit reaching below the deepest crater of the earth, or it is the thinnest air far beyond the moon. But it is frightening and essentially __nlike_ man as he knows himself familiarly, so we spend all our days living at the other antipodes of ourself.

Living in this world, the person we are most unfamiliar with is probably ourselves.

If we could think about somebody else other than ourselves for a few minutes a day, this world would be so much better off.

We must find within us a happiness with ourselves which no one else can disturb. Otherwise we give them power over us.

The unconditional love that God gives us when we are in relationship with him frees us and sustains us; we no longer feel the need to prove ourselves according to worldly standards, we are fine just the way we are.

It causes us to focus our attention on ourselves and draws us away from God

You can't be me and I can't be you, so I guess that means we'll have to be ourselves.

So many of us are causing pain and suffering to ourselves on daily basis, because we do not know the value of life.

So many of us are causing pain and suffering to ourselves on daily basis, because we do not know the value of life

Our stresses, anxieties, pains, and problems arise because we do not see the world, others, or even ourselves as worthy of love. (9)

Only in making peace - with ourselves, with others, and the world - will any of us find the life we are hoping for.

We limit ourselves and God who wants to work through us