Write about yourself as if you were writing about a stranger. Describe whom you see, both the tangibles and intangibles…Be kind and generous.*
Debbie Millman
Success leads to the greatest failure, which is pride. Failure leads to the greatest success, which is humility and learning. In order to fulfil yourself, you have to forget yourself. In order to find yourself, you have to lose yourself.**
David Brooks
It is very possible
to “write”^ about yourself
and to forget yourself–
I have found that people reflecting on their lives^^
invariably identify the difference
they want to make for others – directly or indirectly –
And how to do this
with who they are and what they have–
Losing themselves as they do.
*Quoted in Suleika Jaouad’s The Book Of Alchemy;
**David Brooks’ The Road To Character;
^I have open conversations with those I accompany;
^I offer this work in a gifted way – drop me a line at geoffreybaines@gmail.com.
