Don't postpone joy
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Don't postpone joy
Joy is not a function of a life free of friction and frustration, but a function of focus — an inner elevation by the fulcrum of choice. So often, it is a matter of attending to what Hermann Hesse called, as the world was about to come unworlded by its first global war, “the little joys”;
Maria Popova
You are alive.....so be ALIVE. Love recklessly, dream wildly, speak truthfully. Do not wait for the perfect moment; create it. Do not wait for life to give you meaning; carve it into the universe with your passion. https://t.co/jxkx4u5KJB
instead of deferring all your fulfillment to the future.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
The shortcut to fulfillment is to gradually let go of reasons and conditions to be met before being happy and aiming directly for the feeling you would like.