Tiny Buddha

@tinybuddha

Simple wisdom for complex lives. Quotes, tips & stories to help us help ourselves and each other. Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal:

Joined May 2008

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  1. Jan 31

    Avoiding certain people to protect your emotional health is not weakness. It's wisdom.

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  2. Jan 31

    A lot changes when you stop worrying about pleasing everyone else, start setting clearer boundaries, and decide to prioritize your own wants, needs, and values. If you're committed to being true to yourself but finding it hard at times, read on.

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  3. Jan 31

    What is the difference between "I like you" and "I love you? Beautifully answered by the Buddha: "When you like a flower you just pluck it; when you love a flower you water it daily." The one who understands this understands life.

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  4. Jan 31

    Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~Leo Buscaglia If only we all treated each other this way:

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  5. Jan 31

    Even if we disagree about everything we can still be kind to each other.

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  6. Jan 31

    "I’ve let go of pleasing others.... Other people’s opinion of me is all about them and what they see in me, filtered through their lenses; it has zero to do with me." ~Sara Fabian 10 things I've let go and how this has set me free:

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  7. Jan 30

    As you get older you really just want to be surrounded by good people. People who are good for you, good to you, and good for your soul.

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  8. Jan 30

    Every day, we're practicing being the type of people we want to be, whether we realize it or not. If you're constantly stressing, complaining & numbing yourself with destructive habits, you can't possibly be happy. The secret to a happy life:

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  9. Jan 30

    The truth is, none of us really know how much someone else is hurting. We could be standing right beside someone who feels completely broken or is facing the battle of their lives and have no idea. Be kind, always.

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  10. Jan 30

    “If you’re hysterical, it’s historical.” ~Anonymous Oftentimes, it's not the situation itself that evokes such strong emotions; it's something from our past resurfacing. If you feel strongly triggered by something, read on:

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  11. Jan 30

    Being normal is overrated. Let your freak flag fly.

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  12. Jan 30

    Gaslighting is a form of emotional manipulation that causes you to question your memory, perception, or sanity. The abuser denies, contradicts, lies, minimizes, undermines—all to plant seeds of doubt and confusion. How I Healed from Gaslighting:

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  13. Jan 29

    Be like a tree. Be grounded, keep growing, and know when to let go.

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  14. Jan 29

    "Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself." ~Deborah Reber 3 signs it's time to let go of a relationship and move on:

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  15. Jan 29

    "It’s okay if you thought you were over it but it hits you all over again. It’s okay to fall apart even after you thought you had it under control. You are not weak. Healing is messy. There is no timeline for healing." ~

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  16. Jan 29

    "If you don’t like and love yourself, you don’t value yourself, so you’ll have low standards for how you let people treat you. We simply don’t protect and take care of what we don’t hold in high regard." ~Marlena Tillhon-Haslam Wow, eye-opening:

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  17. Jan 29

    I lied & said I was busy. I was busy but not in a way most people understand. I was busy taking deeper breaths. I was busy silencing irrational thoughts. I was busy calming a racing heart. I was busy telling myself I'm OK. Sometimes, this is my busy & I will not apologize for it.

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  18. Jan 29

    If you're unhappy and want things to change, this is for you:

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  19. Jan 28

    Love will not save you. But it will hold your hand while you save yourself. And in a world that sometimes seems void of goodness, in a world that sometimes feels too heavy to bear, I think that is all we are really searching for. Someone by our side...

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  20. Jan 28

    We’re all a little raw and messy. No one has it all together all the time, and no one’s perfect. Vulnerability isn’t weakness. It’s honesty. And that’s what connects us. If you're tired of pretending to have it all together, read on:

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