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Henri Termeer would live his adult life with little connection to organized religion, but he no doubt drew many of his philosophies and moral foundation from these youthful impressions. His style of servant leadership, his modesty, his empathy for the plight of those less fortunate—these core traits derived, at least in part, from his faith and, by extension, his mother.
Conscience and Courage
John Hawkins
There’s an old joke about a Jewish mother who sends a telegram to her son: “Start worrying, details to follow.” Because we live in a free-floating state of anxiety, we don’t even need a problem to set off a stream of disaster scenarios. Living in the future creates the illusion that we are managing our life and steels us against personal failure.
Radical Acceptance
Tara Brach
Put this program into action, a thousand times: (a) identify the negative feelings in you; (b) understand that they are in you, not in the world, not in external reality; (c) do not see them as an essential part of “I”; these things come and go; (d) understand that when you change, everything changes.
Awareness
Anthony De Mello and J. Francis Stroud
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