Brianna Wiest

The main thing socially intelligent people understand is that your relationship to everyone else is an extension of your relationship to

yourself.

The things you love about others are the things you love about yourself. The things you hate about others are the things you cannot see in yourself

Even if it wasn’t your fault, it is your problem, and you get to choose what you do in the aftermath. You have every right to rage and rant and hate every iota of someone’s being, but you also have the right to choose to be at peace. To thank them is to forgive them, and to forgive them is to choose to realize that the other side of resentment is wisdom.

best of your ability.

Why do you do what you do each day?

Is it to feel a high? For money? For livelihood? There’s no right or wrong answer here; the point is simply just to know what most strongly motivates you. Even if it’s just making a living, you can fuel a passion project with the desire to more comfortably pay bills each month.

figure out what you most need to heal within yourself by seeing what you most want to change in others.

One day, the mountain that was in front of you will be so far behind you, it will barely be visible in the distance. But who you become in learning to climb it? That will stay with you forever

If you are certain that you cannot let go of what is hurting you, then don’t.

Fear doesn’t mean a desire to escape. It means you’re interested.
The emotion most associated with fear is interest, believe it or not.

Prove yourself wrong. Show yourself that your thoughts have no basis in truth. Go to the doctor and confirm that you aren’t dying of some incurable disease. Ask someone how they feel about you if you don’t know. Do not live in the grey area when answers are available.

a “problem” forces you to take action to resolve it. That action will inevitably lead you to think differently, behave differently, and choose differently. The “problem” becomes a catalyst for you to actualize the life you always wanted.