I've got troubled thoughts and self esteem to match.
What a catch.
August 2012
DIDYou Forums are back
Just letting everyone know that I’ve reopened our DIDYou forum :D I apologize for closing it before, but we’re feeling a lot more confident right now and figure we may as well make the most of it. If we feel like we can’t handle it, next time, we’ll throw the reins to someone else rather than deleting the forum. Either way, it’d be great to have everyone back again :) Old and new faces. Multiplicity of all kinds are welcome!
If it doesn’t kick off again, that’s okay, but I thought I’d give it a try!
Here’s the link if anyone wants it: didyou.forumandco.com
I’m also really needing Moderators right now, so if anyone is good to the community and has some spare time on their hands just let me know :)
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.”
—Veronica Roth (via seoulbaka)
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“Program is not responding”
Us:
Program:
Us:
Program:
Us: FINE. I’ll close you down. Show you who is in charge.
Program:
Us: CLOSE DOWN. YOU BITCH.
Program:
Us: That is it. I’M BRINGING OUT THE TASK MANAGER.
Program:
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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
—(via buddhistsayings)
“Never allow yourself to envy others. For you will lose sight of the truth that way.”
—Buddha (via lislmae)
“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”
—Buddha (via shaktilover)
“Asceticism is not that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.”
—Ali ibn Abu Talib (via ashrada)
“Humility is my table, respect is my garment, empathy is my food and curiosity is my drink. As for love, it has a thousand names and is by my side at every window”
—Tariq Ramadan (via ashrada)
“The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.”
—The Heart of Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh (via kylekage)
“In bringing about change in your life and in the world, the first thing to do is to observe. Merely by observing something, you change that thing. That is not so obvious with something like a table, or a star in the sky, but in your life, it is easy to observe.
Try to observe your breath. Watch your inhale and exhale. Try not to affect your breath as you observe it. Try to watch it without changing it. Impossible. The same is true of your thoughts. If you constantly observe your own thinking, your thinking will change. Try not to control your thinking, or judge your thinking, just observe your thoughts and see how their patterns change.
It is difficult to observe your thoughts without judging them. Most thoughts are followed by a judgement, good, bad, true, false, strange. These judgements are also thoughts to be observed. As you observe your thoughts, you will notice habits and patterns in your thinking. Because you observe them, those patterns will change.
It is impossible to observe without interfering. If you try to observe things without interfering, you will notice things fall into harmony. See for yourself.” —Zen Mister: The Power of Observation (via smirkingbuddha)
Try to observe your breath. Watch your inhale and exhale. Try not to affect your breath as you observe it. Try to watch it without changing it. Impossible. The same is true of your thoughts. If you constantly observe your own thinking, your thinking will change. Try not to control your thinking, or judge your thinking, just observe your thoughts and see how their patterns change.
It is difficult to observe your thoughts without judging them. Most thoughts are followed by a judgement, good, bad, true, false, strange. These judgements are also thoughts to be observed. As you observe your thoughts, you will notice habits and patterns in your thinking. Because you observe them, those patterns will change.
It is impossible to observe without interfering. If you try to observe things without interfering, you will notice things fall into harmony. See for yourself.” —Zen Mister: The Power of Observation (via smirkingbuddha)
“
Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is.
In the very here and now,
The practitioner dwells
in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows
how to dwell in mindfulness night and day,
‘one who knows the better way to live alone.’
~ Bhaddekaratta Sutta ~
” —(via happy-cools)