Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.
- James Joyce, Ulysses
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Like a double edged sword, our greatest strengths are often also our greatest weaknesses. For me, that has always been caring too much and feeling too intensely. Its allowed me to understand and deeply connect to people, but has also been the cause of a lot of heartache. For everything there is a price.
- Yasmin Mogahed
The highly sensitive tend to be philosophical or spiritual in their orientation, rather than materialistic or hedonistic. They dislike small talk. They often describe themselves as creative or intuitive. They dream vividly, and can often recall their dreams the next day. They love music, nature, art, physical beauty. They feel exceptionally strong emotions—sometimes acute bouts of joy, but also sorrow, melancholy, and fear. Highly sensitive people also process information about their environments—both physical and emotional—unusually deeply. They tend to notice subtleties that others miss—another person’s shift in mood, say, or a lightbulb burning a touch too brightly.
- Susan Cain
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