We cling to the old, to what’s familiar, even when it drives us mad, because we’re afraid of change. But you know — change is life itself.
- courage
- renewal
- fear
- fear of change
Sometimes we fear the "worst-case scenario" so much that we forget it only exists in our heads.
New continents are not discovered by following maps. They're discovered when the ship veers off course. When the captain makes a "mistake". When someone decides to sail not where the compass points, but toward the place where, rumor has it, dragons dwell.
You read a book about anger. You understood where it comes from. You even told your friends over dinner how triggers work and why we lose our temper. Then you came home and yelled at someone you love. Exactly the same way you did before the book. Sound familiar? We live in an age where wisdom is a commodity. Want to deal with anxiety? Here are a...
Vasya had been sitting on the toilet for twenty minutes now, even though he'd finished his business by the third. It's just that out there, behind the door, in the kitchen, Marina was sitting and waiting for him for an "important talk." An "important talk" meant things were fucked. Vasya knew this. After eight years of marriage, he'd learned her...