I'll add another Dostoevsky to quotes that haunt me (from "The Brothers Karamazov"): “Having chosen an elder, you renounce your will and give it to him under total obedience and with total self-renunciation. A man who dooms himself to this trial, this terrible school of life, does so voluntarily, in the hope that after the long trial he will achieve self-conquest, self-mastery to such a degree that he will finally, through a whole life’s obedience, attain to perfect freedom — that is, freedom from himself — and avoid the lot of those who live their whole lives without finding themselves in themselves.”
omg i related to every single word of this. staying young mentally ie believing in yourself and not becoming jaded, really is a beautiful practice that needs to be cultivated, day in and day out
Beautiful! I really relate to Sylvia Plath's different branches example. I just turned 24 and just few days ago was thinking about all the different paths life can take from here depending on what I attend to. A lot of them were scary, negative branches since I have been depressed for so long! But let's just focus on what we want to see more off!
from one 23 year old to another, this is so relatable!!
Thanks for the support Ashley!
I'll add another Dostoevsky to quotes that haunt me (from "The Brothers Karamazov"): “Having chosen an elder, you renounce your will and give it to him under total obedience and with total self-renunciation. A man who dooms himself to this trial, this terrible school of life, does so voluntarily, in the hope that after the long trial he will achieve self-conquest, self-mastery to such a degree that he will finally, through a whole life’s obedience, attain to perfect freedom — that is, freedom from himself — and avoid the lot of those who live their whole lives without finding themselves in themselves.”
Oof that one stings
omg i related to every single word of this. staying young mentally ie believing in yourself and not becoming jaded, really is a beautiful practice that needs to be cultivated, day in and day out
Thanks so much Ame! I feared that I wouldn’t get my message across / people wouldn’t be able to relate, but I’m so glad at least one person did :)
Beautiful! I really relate to Sylvia Plath's different branches example. I just turned 24 and just few days ago was thinking about all the different paths life can take from here depending on what I attend to. A lot of them were scary, negative branches since I have been depressed for so long! But let's just focus on what we want to see more off!