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Dysfunctional Belief: If you are successful, you will be happy. Reframe: True happiness comes from designing a life that works for you.
“If you are busy thinking that you should be kind, you might miss the reality that kindness is already present, in you.”
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it.”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“Reality is just too real for most of us, so we temper it with the mind.”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“When a problem is intractable and you cannot conceive of a solution to it, you will just have to live through it without a neat story about how it is to be solved.”
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
― Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
“There is absolutely nothing that voice can say that is more you than anything else it says. Suppose you were looking at three objects—a flowerpot, a photograph, and a book—and were then asked, “Which of these objects is you?” You’d say, “None of them!”
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
― The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Ales’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ales’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
686 books
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102 friends
99 books
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4 friends
309 books
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123 friends
367 books
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15 friends
113 books
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24 friends
39 books
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1 friend
219 books
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653 friends
73 books
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6 friends
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