“The secret to living a quiet and peaceful life is not allowing our emotions to lead us; not to over-react when someone does something we don’t like. Rather, we are to deliberately choose to control our reactions and submit our emotions to the Spirit of God. Whenever the temptation to react emotionally arises, simply tell yourself, “No drama!” and choose the path of peace. Instead of pouting, sulking, lashing out, or ignoring someone who is irritating you, try praying for that person instead. Even better, say or do something kind to them. Proverbs 15:1 tells us that “a soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” One of the best ways to lead a tranquil life (rather than an emotional roller-coster ride of constant drama) is to follow this simple yet brilliant advice. It may take a bit of practice and a lot of supernatural grace, but it leads to a beautiful, peace-filled existence that brings glory to our King.*”
— Leslie Ludy (via nonelikejesus)
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9:56 pm • 30 May 2012 • 134 notes
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But wasn’t the rampant hedonism unleashed during Paris’s May 1968 événements, in which Badiou participated, all about libidinal liberation from social constraint? How can he, of all people, hymn bourgeois notions such as commitment and conjugal felicity? “Well, I absolutely agree that sex needs to be freed from morality. I’m not going to speak against the freedom to experiment sexually like some old arse” – “un vieux connard” – “but when you liberate sexuality, you don’t solve the problems of love. That’s why I propose a new philosophy of love, wherein you can’t avoid problems or working to solve them.”
But, he argues, avoiding love’s problems is just what we do in our risk-averse, commitment-phobic society. Badiou was struck by publicity slogans for French online dating site Méetic such as “Get perfect love without suffering” or “Be in love without falling in love”. “For me these posters destroy the poetry of existence. They try to suppress the adventure of love. Their idea is you calculate who has the same tastes, the same fantasies, the same holidays, wants the same number of children. Méetic try to go back to organised marriages – not by parents but by the lovers themselves.” Aren’t they meeting a demand? “Sure. Everybody wants a contract that guarantees them against risk. Love isn’t like that. You can’t buy a lover. Sex, yes, but not a lover.”
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— Stuart Jeffries, “Alain Badiou: A life in writing” (via wesleyhill)
10:18 am • 30 May 2012 • 4 notes
ashley-bree:
to the start of @kristentanner’s bachelorette party! 🎉 (Taken with Instagram at Starbucks)
8:34 am • 29 May 2012 • 1 note
slaughterhouse90210:
“… There is something revolting about the way girls’ minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means.”
— Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
8:32 am • 29 May 2012 • 232 notes
