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Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.
Hugh Prather
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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
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Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.
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We feel understood by people who like us misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.
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Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.
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When someone disagrees with me, I do not have to immediately start revising what I just said. People don't want me to always agree with them. They can sense this is phony. They can sense I am trying to control them: I am agreeing with them to make them like me. They feel I don't want to exist to like you. I DON'T exist to like you.
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Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.
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One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.
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Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.
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An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.
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When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.
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All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I am myself.
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I can't be found in myself I discover myself in others. That much is clear. And I suspect that I also love and care for myself in others.
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We are all saying the same thing in different words.
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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly?
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Don't strive for love, be it.
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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.
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Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.
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The fatal mistake is waiting for life's circumstances to be right before we begin. Simply begin with your heart, look deeply into it and trust what you feel. Practice knowing and you will know.
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perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.
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If your reaction to your partner's fear-or any other form of distress- is disdain or irritation, you do not want oneness or even friendship with your partner at that moment.
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