I don't know for sure but I think I just lost a #friend over being too #forgiving in the moment.

Sorry not sorry. I don't stand for what I can't #become as such.

I do what I can to #embrace all #people who #appreciate who I am. It's all I can do, and if that #means my #contribution towards #friendships isn't meant to #last then so #be it. But if it does, they're really #rare and I #cherish them because they're very easy to #lose over #something you thought you could #understand at the time.

I'll #say this.

All #echo #chambers are the #primary #reason as to why a #friendship falls apart. Because I've seen this #effect everyone to the point of no #return possible, and honestly...you can't get along with people who spend more of their #time invested into something other than what you are doing with that person together. And I don't think I'm alone in wishing that at times, such an #investment cultivates #familiarity over #routine on a continuous basis.

But you know what? I still appreciate the chance to #care for all it is #worth as such. I do my best to live #life with no #regrets to count on #growing without me there to #manage them.

It's my own #fault for putting a bit of my #soul into everything I do alongside my #heart and #mind accordingly. And as afar as I #know there's no #changing that, at least in a very easy way.

If you ever truly #need #friends by your side, you'll know whether they're people you can #count on or not, by the way they #treat your #ambitions as an #individual person.

You can still #respect someone if they do not #acknowledge that you have any. But the chances of you becoming #close, are not as great.

With that being said, you do not need to #support the same #ambition someone else does, in order to be friends. You just need to set your #ego aside so that such a person can fulfill their #desire the best way they know how to.

That's what I do, and I carry a lot of #weight because of it. All of the #memories set aside because the soul wasn't ready to let go of the ones #entrapping their #conscious #focus throughout seemingly more #important issues outside of my #control in all of the #moments they last.

Putting my best #self forward, means respecting that and not forcing the #matter at hand. It doesn't make that #feeling go away, born of lost #opportunity at the #core of #potential #reciprocity as such.

But yes #indeed I know #hope is not so easily broken by #fragile #futility alone. Which is why I continue to #forgive but not #forget all of the ways life makes a different #path #unfold into #being by the #presence of #purpose for everyone.

What if the quietest power isn't found in moving forward?

Sometimes it's found in returning, again and again, to familiar ground. In trusting that repetition reveals what novelty hides.

What practice has shaped you through returning?

#quietpower #repetition #presence
#intimacywithpractice #returning #familiarity
#yogaphilosophy #depthwork #soulwork

What if the quietest power isn't found in moving forward?

Sometimes it's found in returning, again and again, to familiar ground. In trusting that repetition reveals what novelty hides.

What practice has shaped you through returning?

#quietpower #repetition #presence
#intimacywithpractice #returning #familiarity
#yogaphilosophy #depthwork #soulwork

What if the quietest power isn't found in moving forward?

Sometimes it's found in returning, again and again, to familiar ground. In trusting that repetition reveals what novelty hides.

What practice has shaped you through returning?

#quietpower #repetition #presence
#intimacywithpractice #returning #familiarity
#yogaphilosophy #depthwork #soulwork

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-06-26), The Adventurer, No. 67

More info about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/79944…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #background #banality #commonness #familiarity #neglect #normalcy #novelty #staleness

A quotation from Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 1, ch. 30 (1.30), “Of Cannibals [Des Cannibales]” (1578) [tr. Screech (1987), 1.31]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #barbarism #barbarity #custom #familiarity #foreigners #jingoism #nationalism #savagery #tradition #unfamiliarity #bias #prejudice

Passion is overrated.

What you love is often just what you're familiar with.

You love your favorite subject not because it sparked some magical interest—but because you've spent more time with it. You know its layers, patterns, and rhythm.

Familiarity builds love.

What you need isn’t passion—it’s exposure, repetition, and learning.

If you want to love something deeply, master it.

#Mindset #Learning #Discipline #Growth #Familiarity #Motivation

Good morning. ☕🍵🐶

6 May 2025

So here we are—morning has arrived, and there’s coffee. I woke up late, nearly seven-thirty, a rare occurrence since I hardly ever sleep past six, if that long. Hmmm… I had hoped those first few sentences would spark something, but nothing seems to come to mind. Charlie is here. At first, I thought he wanted to go outside, but instead, he curled up next to my chair—an all-too-familiar sight. It’s funny how these small moments and daily habits shape our lives in ways we often overlook. Perhaps it’s the rhythm of life that matters most—the quiet consistency of morning coffee, the presence of loved ones, and, of course, our loyal, furry companions, who are both. Familiarity, after all, is the comfort food of existence.

"Familiarity reduces the greatness of things." – Seneca the Younger

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #morning #ducks #familiarity #lake #reflection