2 Posts found for Author: Ruth Allen

Being alive in any meaningful sense is a balance of feeling and staying safe, and taking and overcoming risks. In safety, we have a vital place to rest, be comfortable and build the foundations of a life, and through risk we are expanded and grown… It is through taking risks that we expand our safety – widening the boundaries and limitations of our existence into … [ Read more ]

Author: Ruth Allen | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subjects: Experience, Life & Society, Personal Improvement

Edges are, in some ways, an embodiment of the core dilemma about how to live, and how to live under the spectre of death. Boundaries say here is OK, but beyond is the insistent abyss, and I am curious about that. Limits give us a place to challenge ourselves and triumph over. They provide an opportunity for growth, where going beyond a limit can test … [ Read more ]

Author: Ruth Allen | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) | Subjects: Experience, Life & Society, Personal Improvement