January, out of context
this month's quotables
Since the start of the new year, I’ve been keeping a small notebook as my daily journal. Each day I pause to write down the things that bring me joy: the places where I experience happiness (‘found joy’) and the places where I contribute to the happiness of others (‘brought joy’).
I also use this notebook to collect random quotes that I find interesting or meaningful or that stand out. At the end of each month I’ll post these random quotes, shared out of context.
Gratitude turns what we have into enough. (Aesop)
It’s not the fights that matter, it’s the repairs. (Stephanie Foo)
Complex trauma is caused by a lack of nurture.
Healing means repair.
“Part of our work is to evaluate the cost instead of just abdicating our responsibility.” (Mia Birdsong)
“Even Gossip Girl couldn’t stay Gossip Girl forever.” —Monica, RHOSLC
“If I have the privilege of not having to work to the point of burnout, I have the responsibility to do so.” (Nicola Jane Hobbs)
“It’s not enough for me to just live. I want to be alive.” (Annie Grace)
STEM without humanities is how Spiderman villains are formed. (Luke V.)
“We must be able, at any time, to accept the fact that we could all be absolutely and utterly wrong.” (Terry Prachett)
“Rocky it!!!” —Danny C.
Potential is what people see when they think what is in front of them isn’t good enough. —American Fiction
Homoeostasis: (n) the maintenance of relatively stable internal conditions in higher animals under fluctuating conditions. The process of maintaining a stable psychological state in the individual under varying psychological pressures.
We can also say (when we don’t know the answer) — not this. “Not this” is also an answer.
“He is like a walrus snorting and like a rhino flopping his hands.” (E. Jean Carroll)
I love, love, love this list and this practice!
What a thrill to make this list!