"And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit." -3 Nephi 9:19-20
"I thank my great God that he has given us a portion of his Spirit to soften our hearts." -Alma 24:8
There's something inherently wonderful about January 1st, about a "new beginning," a fresh start, fortified with personal resolutions to become just a little better than we are now.
Not that it's always easy. The type of soul-searching introspection that addresses our own life weaknesses has the potential to discourage us just as it does to invigorate us. In this spirit of honest but optimistic self-evaluation, the following TED talk by Brene Brown constitutes one of those internet resources that has tremendous real-world applicability:
May our New Year's resolutions help us to avoid the pitfalls of disconnected, numbing, foreboding and insecure perfectionism and bring us closer to our loved ones in a spirit of forgiving and hopeful interdependence! Mortality was never about perfection. Mortality was always about new beginnings, about second chances.
So in light of all the disappointments and joys sure to come by leading a more vulnerable life, by having the courage to live, Happy New Year!
Happy Second Chance.
"I thank my great God that he has given us a portion of his Spirit to soften our hearts." -Alma 24:8
There's something inherently wonderful about January 1st, about a "new beginning," a fresh start, fortified with personal resolutions to become just a little better than we are now.
Not that it's always easy. The type of soul-searching introspection that addresses our own life weaknesses has the potential to discourage us just as it does to invigorate us. In this spirit of honest but optimistic self-evaluation, the following TED talk by Brene Brown constitutes one of those internet resources that has tremendous real-world applicability:
The Price of Invulnerability
May our New Year's resolutions help us to avoid the pitfalls of disconnected, numbing, foreboding and insecure perfectionism and bring us closer to our loved ones in a spirit of forgiving and hopeful interdependence! Mortality was never about perfection. Mortality was always about new beginnings, about second chances.
So in light of all the disappointments and joys sure to come by leading a more vulnerable life, by having the courage to live, Happy New Year!
Happy Second Chance.
What a fantastic topic and attached TED talk! I'll have to look up Brené Brown's research. Many of the ideas are quite intriguing. Thank you for blogging. :-)
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