birthday musings — HANS LOREI
the moments we hurry through the fastest are the ones most worthy of our attention.
Sophie Strand • The Madonna Secret
The important thing is how old you feel, not how many days you have lived. I felt like an old man when I was 46 and I feel like a young boy now I’m in my seventies.
Carr Allen • Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol
When you get older, time flies by, forgotten, because you’re not having as many new experiences.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
You shall learn joy from the lily and the bird. Even less may you become self-important—in view of the fact that the lily and the bird, after all, are simple—so that you (perhaps in order to feel that you are a human being) become clever, and speaking with reference to some particular tomorrow, say: “The lily and the bird, of course they can—they w
... See moreSøren Kierkegaard • The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses
Do you spend enough time recalling and treasuring the everyday details of your life?
You're Expecting the Wrong Things to Make You Happy
Well, I am turning 47. Today.
I am either 46, 47 or 48 depending on which method or system of ascertaining age, you follow. 46 according to a method of insurance premium calculation (“Age last birthday”), 47 according to reality, and 48 according to the Korean tradition, where a baby is considered one year old at birth, and everyone ages one year on... See more
I am either 46, 47 or 48 depending on which method or system of ascertaining age, you follow. 46 according to a method of insurance premium calculation (“Age last birthday”), 47 according to reality, and 48 according to the Korean tradition, where a baby is considered one year old at birth, and everyone ages one year on... See more