Comments on: Permission to be human https://rainrippleriver.com/permission-to-be-human/ Changing the world from the inside out Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Stop white-knuckling happiness - take a both/and approach instead - Rain Ripple River https://rainrippleriver.com/permission-to-be-human/#comment-49 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:36:56 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1182#comment-49 […] Like it or not, you’re going to have down days. Maybe it’s just a short melancholy funk. Or perhaps things are going sideways in your life and you’re feeling the weight of it. Or maybe you’ve just hit a stretch of the blah doldrums. It’s all part of the messy, imperfect reality of being human. […]

]]> By: curtrosengren https://rainrippleriver.com/permission-to-be-human/#comment-29 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:30:10 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1182#comment-29 In reply to Maura.

Yes! A big win, for sure!

The question of how to be very forgiving and yet continue to stay motivated to change reminds me of that quote from Shunryu Suzuki: “Each of you is perfect the way you are…and you can use a little improvement.”

I find that both/and lens to be really helpful.

]]> By: Maura https://rainrippleriver.com/permission-to-be-human/#comment-27 Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:16:19 +0000 http://rainrippleriver.com/?p=1182#comment-27 Lovely and timely. I have been thinking along the same lines about the human condition overall. How to be very forgiving and yet continue to stay motivated to change me? Balancing both seems like a big win to me, if I can manage it!

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