Want to know if a given behavior is a soft addiction If any of these characteristics apply, chances are it is zoning out, avoiding feelings, compulsiveness, denialrationalization, stinking thinking, and hiding or lying about the behavior.
More Quotes from Judith Wright:
As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe.Judith Wright
I learned to be with myself rather than avoiding myself with limiting habits; I started to be aware of my feelings more, rather than numb them.
Judith Wright
Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.
Judith Wright
When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as if I were some sort of wispy ghost, barely existing.
Judith Wright
We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life.
Judith Wright
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Chance Quotes, Emotions Quotes, Thought & Thinking QuotesBased on Keywords: stinking, zoning
Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.
Peggy Noonan
True terror is a language and a vision. There is a deep narrative structure to terrorist acts, and they infiltrate and alter consciousness in ways that writers used to aspire to.
Don DeLillo
It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.
Nick Ferguson