<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 19:21:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@wendymcelroy/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[My personal journey 7 -- Gracian's Aphorism #235: Know how to ask.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Baltasar Gracian's Aphorism #235: "Know how to ask. With some nothing is easier: with others nothing is so difficult. Some men do not know how to refuse: with them no skill in asking is required.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-7-gracian-s-aphorism-235-know-how-to-ask</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-7-gracian-s-aphorism-235-know-how-to-ask</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2017 18:43:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChTuumy6RxydFhMTjn8uRs9cUp3YfJr84gms9CWAf4h9X4G2BBQDVU5WowGmevf7DJ9GyLwazPDGfTjta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My personal journey 6 --Baltasar Gracian's Aphorism 197:  Do not saddle yourself with fools.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Baltasar Gracian's Aphorism 197: Do not saddle yourself with fools. "He is one who does not know them, and a greater, he who knowing them, does not shake them off, for they are dangerous in the daily]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-6-baltasar-gracian-s-aphorism-197-do-not-saddle-yourself-with-fools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-6-baltasar-gracian-s-aphorism-197-do-not-saddle-yourself-with-fools</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 09:34:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChTuumy6RxydFhMTjn8uRs9cUp3YfJr84gms9CWAf4h9X4G2BBQDVU5WowGmevf7DJ9GyLwazPDGfTjta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My personal journey 5 -- Baltasar Gracian's Aphorism #149: Learn How to Shift the Blame to Others]]></title><description><![CDATA[Baltasar Gracian's Aphorism #149: Learn How to Shift the Blame to Others. "To have a shield against ill-will is a great piece of skill in a ruler. It is not the resort of incapacity, as ill-wishers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-baltasar-gracian-s-aphorism-149-learn-how-to-shift-the-blame-to-others</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-baltasar-gracian-s-aphorism-149-learn-how-to-shift-the-blame-to-others</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2017 16:03:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[y personal Journey 4 --  Baltasar Gracian's aphorism 70. Know how to refuse.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I continue with Gracian's aphorisms as part of personal journey. But, as prelude... One of my favorite first sentences from a novel is Charles Dickens' David Copperfield: "CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN. Whether]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/y-personal-journey-4-baltasar-gracian-s-aphorism-70-know-how-to-refuse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/y-personal-journey-4-baltasar-gracian-s-aphorism-70-know-how-to-refuse</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 13:07:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Personal Journey 3 -- Gracian's aphorism #50: Never Lose Respect for Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[As part of a personal journey, I am returning to a book that has sustained me for decades -- Baltasar Gracian's "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" which consists of 300 aphorisms. I present them here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-3-gracian-s-aphorism-50-never-lose-respect-for-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-3-gracian-s-aphorism-50-never-lose-respect-for-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:49:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Personal Journey 2: Gracian Aphorism 161 "Know Your Pet Faults"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Baltasar Gracian's Aphorism #161: Know your pet Faults. "The most perfect of men has them, and is either wedded to them or has illicit relations with them. They are often faults of intellect, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-2-gracian-aphorism-161-know-your-pet-faults</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/my-personal-journey-2-gracian-aphorism-161-know-your-pet-faults</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:48:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Art of Worldly Wisdom -- A Personal Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most influential books in my life has been The Art of Worldly Wisdom by the 17th century Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracian, which I must have read at least a dozen times. The book offers both]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/the-art-of-worldly-wisdom-a-personal-journey</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@wendymcelroy/the-art-of-worldly-wisdom-a-personal-journey</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:26:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChTuumy6RxydFhMTjn8uRs9cUp3YfJr84gms9CWAf4h9X4G2BBQDVU5WowGmevf7DJ9GyLwazPDGfTjta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introduction. The unterrible part of being a homeless teen]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been struggling with how to introduce myself to such a dynamic community because I only have one chance at a first 'hello'. My name is Wendy McElroy and I've written/published many books, articles,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@wendymcelroy/introduction-the-unterrible-part-of-being-a-homeless-teen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@wendymcelroy/introduction-the-unterrible-part-of-being-a-homeless-teen</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wendymcelroy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:23:48 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>