#bi

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead. ↗

— Graham Greene

#beginning #creative-process #end #storytelling #writing

Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It is an illness that is biological in its origins, yet one that feels psychological in the experience of it, an illness that is unique in conferring advantage and pleasure, yet one that brings in its wake almost unendurable suffering and, not infrequently, suicide. ↗

— Kay Redfield Jamison

#illness #manic-depresison #experience

Creativity is closely associated with bipolar disorder. This condition is unique . Many famous historical figures and artists have had this. Yet they have led a full life and contributed so much to the society and world at large. See, you have a gift. People with bipolar disorder are very very sensitive. Much more than ordinary people. They are able to experience emotions in a very deep and intense way. It gives them a very different perspective of the world. It is not that they lose touch with reality. But the feelings of extreme intensity are manifested in creative things. They pour their emotions into either writing or whatever field they have chosen" (pg 181) ↗

— Preeti Shenoy

#inner-demons #persephone #experience

Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying, attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this, bitterness will die out, harmony will arise. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#bitterness #dying #harmony #spirituality #truth

If it's IN you to climb you must -- there are those who MUST lift their eyes to the hills -- they can't breathe properly in the valleys. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#ambition

If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more? ↗

— Carl Sagan

#biology #philosophy #philosophy-of-life #religion #science

Luck is a word the bitter teach to the ignorant. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#ignorant #life #luck #motivational #success

If your salvation was dependent on your ability to read and understand scripture, Jesus would have been an author. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#jesus #salvation #scripture #experience

It was only high school after all, definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a person’s life. How anyone can come through that time well adjusted on any level is an absolute miracle. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#bullies #experiences #growing-up #high-school #high-school-kids

Empowerment is being aware that there is no one to blame for my choices and actions; that I have a personal choice and responsibility for my life. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#awareness #blame #choice #choices #empowerment