Some flavors—like apple and banana and cilantro—pervade and overpower anything and everything they’re mixed with. Other flavors are more subtle but just as delicious. It’s kind of the same with people.
Tag: people
Enough
We often rail against the seemingly unreasonable expectations of others when really it’s our own expectations that are crushing us. The best gift we can give ourselves is to release our expectations as to what is going to happen in the next five minutes, much less the next five years—expectations of what others are going…
Most Dangerous Person
The person who flatters you and tells you what a fantastic job you’re doing is possibly the most dangerous person in your life.
Who You Really Are
The best test of who you really are is your internal response when something bad happens to someone you dislike or disagree with.
Teach Them
Teach your children to value the people in their lives. The people who came before them. The people who taught them. The people whose blood runs through their veins. The people who invested in them, even from a distance. If you teach your children to value only people exactly like you—exactly like them—you raise narcissists….
Fragmentary Life 