AJ
@bookworm
AJ
writing = introspective, subjective photograph of your human experience
There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to be,... See more
Kasra • Tastes of magic
"A life transition is fundamentally a meaning-making exercise. It’s an autobiographical occasion that calls on us to revise and retell our life stories, adding a new chapter in which we find meaning in our lifequake."
Short on money but long on time /
Slowly strolling in the sweet sunshine
You don't need a goal, you need a theme:
"With a theme, happiness becomes more about how you behave rather than what you achieve. Life is not a series of wins and losses. Though our highs and lows may shock us, lift us up, and forever shape our memories, they do not define us. Most of life happens in the in-between, a... See more
In the famous book “The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying” author Ware Bronnie, who was caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives, summarized the 5 regrets as follows:
—I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
—I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
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