Comments on: Life Isn’t About Finding Yourself

By: Goals FTW, or WTF?

Goals FTW, or WTF? — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 06:06:51 +0000

[...] goals, to me, feels a lot like searching…trying to find yourself. As opposed to creating. Zoe had a bit to say about that topic as I was writing this and though I [...]

By: Zoë

Zoë — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:24:49 +0000

Ooh, that’s a good one!

By: MAMA LISA

MAMA LISA — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:48:58 +0000

I should have known that my dear Cath would know the origin of the “anonymous” text; upon googling Shaw, I see that he was a font of such truisms — another wonderful one: “I want to be all used up when I die.”

By: Zoë

Zoë — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:34:43 +0000

Cath! What a treat to see you here . Thanks for attributing those quotes — helps to give credit where credit is due. Miss you…!

By: Cath Weitnauer

Cath Weitnauer — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:16 +0000

for Dave Thurston — Life…width -it’s a great quote, one of my faves and it was by Diane Ackerman. Zoe you continue to be amazing and I believe that postcard quote from your Mom isn’t “unknown” I think it is George Bernard Shaw — a genius, and funny, perspective.

By: Essential Prose | Zoë Westhof | Community Contemplation: Changing the World

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:04:45 +0000

[...] like to add that this is yet another thought-provoking postcard courtesy of my mom. She sent this card along with a stack of New Yorker magazines, which made for a package that was [...]

By: Zoë

Zoë — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:00:20 +0000

@ Ricardo – Yea, it can be amazing to think back on different choices you’ve made and how they shaped where and who you are today

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:07:09 +0000

I’ve seen this card at bookstores… I like it. It implies that we have the power to choose who we want to be. Every day, we make choices, and those choices are who we are.

By: Zoë

Zoë — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:24:21 +0000

@ Dave – Cool quote! I have the card up by my desk, so we can share that inspiration energy

@ Jean Philippe – Wow, I’m sure my mom didn’t expect her card to inspire your creativity… that’s wonderful. It clearly inspired me too, as you see from this blog post.

@ MAMA LISA – You’ve made me blush even from thousands of miles away! I’m constantly amazed that I have a mom who is as supportive as I could ever ask anyone to be. Support inspires people to think with abundance, with inspiration

@ Jen – It’s pretty exciting to have my mom comment here… I get to show her off too!

@ Lisa – Yes, it’s not about creating something false, but about building, nurturing, and choosing!

@ James – When you put it like that, it becomes clear that we cannot abandon either one. We just need to use what we find to empower what we create.

@ Trina – Yes, I think we tend to take things to extremes in society. So a healthy practice like being self-aware and exploring within yourself becomes a “market” of “finding yourself.”

@ Ian – What a wonderful outlook — and a wonderful description.
“We contain not only multitudes, but potential infinitudes.” < – That is a very powerful idea, and one I will keep in the front of my mind.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:37:23 +0000

Who says they're mutually exclusive? Bear with me for a second here. The universe finds particular elements in the correct configuration to constitute a particular compound. Even in a theistic worldview this is true, as god more than likely sets the rules by which these elements find each other (covalent bonding and such) rather than directly intervenes and creates each and every compound as a conscious act. I tend to take the admittedly optimistic viewpoint that there are unlimited possibilities to find and morph and shape our personalities. We contain not only multitudes, but potential infinitudes. We can find the particular elements of a personality that come together in the same fashion that we can create ourselves: through exploration, education, and experimentation. In an inner universe where anything is possible, finding yourself and creating yourself aren't so different. Ian´s last blog post..Gathering Mental Illness bloggers?