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  Self-Worth Quotes From Daring Greatly “Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness.” “Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.” “You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.” ~ ❖ ~ The title,  Daring Greatly , comes from this piece by Theodore Roosevelt The Conversation Elements From The Conversation ~ ❖ ~ It might be a good exercise to take your time and work through these questions. True self-knowledge is a big step in the direction of a sense of self-worth. Music With our love. Always.  George & Matilda

Photograph by Matilda Rilke had chosen as his own epitaph this poem: Rose, oh pure contradiction, delight of being no one's sleep under so   many lids. “I confess that I consider life to be a thing of the most untouchable deliciousness, and that even the confluence of so many disasters and deprivations, the exposure of countless fates, everything that insurmountably increased for us over the past few years to become a still rising terror cannot distract me from the fullness and goodness of existence that is inclined toward us.”  ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters on Life: New Prose Translations I can only guess at the nature of events that caused "a still rising terror" within Rilke, having read about his life which, in many instances could have silenced, and in some, almost did silence him completely as a poet.       And yet, he wrote these words, giving me hope when I am faced with exactly something similar, "a still rising terror", at something I c...

Exploring the Enneagram through art. (continued) Threes achieve great success in their lives and are looked up to as role models. They believe in developing their talents and capabilities to reach their full potential.  As children however, Threes were not valued for themselves, but for being and doing certain things extremely well. A pattern is set whereby Threes live with the belief that you are good or okay if you are successful and others think well of you because of your achievements and performance.  To mask their insecurities about their worth, Threes tend to present themselves in a way that does not reflect their authentic self, but rather a version of themselves that they feel are called for in each situation to achieve success. In a sense, they wear "masks" to ensure that they will be accepted. Their Life essence  emerges when Threes shift their centre of gravity from outside themselves to inside by  allowing their hearts ...