Dan Whalen

No matter how much we attempt to make sense of things, the reality is our brains are hard-wired for a distinct environment — and it’s not the one we’re currently in.

Responsibility equals freedom.

It’s not always about right or wrong.

Cynicism hides humility. Selfishness hides connection. Anger hides love. Hyper-masculinity hides empathy.

Your ego is insecure, underdeveloped, irrational, and painfully selfish.

Sometimes the difference in someone’s life is knowing there’s at least one person on the planet that loves them.

The primary reason we don’t make more of a difference as human beings is because we don’t let people do so.

What voice are you listening to?

What’s driving the attachment is our need for certainty and our fear of insignificance.

Give up being right.

The human war with impermanence is very real. Those that face it head on, leveraging change as a weapon, are the ones who move the world.

Leverage the Law of Attraction.

Life wouldn’t be life without the challenging moments, however, we often make things harder than they have to be. We allow our view of things to dictate how we treat others in varying situations.

Perhaps the biggest reason why people lost faith in me over time was I didn’t listen to a word that was said outside of my own voice and mind.

This is the harsh truth. Getting older sucks. Feeling lonely, exponentially so.

As early as a year ago, I couldn’t tell you what my life stood for.

What I want to tell you, with the core of my being, that you are not alone.

While plenty of arguments could be made for the inclusion or replacement of one or more qualities, when these three are all present, they form the perfect storm of possibility expansion.