Life is so paradoxical.
It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence, absence to value presence, failure to understand the taste of success, and heartbreak to recognize real love.
Life teaches through contrast — by showing us what we lack so we can truly cherish... See more
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Without sadness, there is no happiness. Without happiness, no sadness.
Do not cast aside the crop only because it is half-covered in dirt.
Experience life in its entirety. Embrace it as a whole. Without venturing into the valley we cannot grasp the enormity of the mountains.
We undervalue health if we have not recently experienced illness.
We undervalue wealth if we have not recently experienced poverty.
We undervalue kindness if we have not recently experienced cruelty.
What might you be undervaluing right now?
We undervalue wealth if we have not recently experienced poverty.
We undervalue kindness if we have not recently experienced cruelty.
What might you be undervaluing right now?
3-2-1: The power of limiting your options, the value of eagerness, and what we undervalue
I feel that way about life: if I knew the lesson before I learned it, I wouldn’t have all the experiences I’ve had. Even the ones that I perceive to be hurtful, I can still see as somehow beautiful, because those are the pages. That is the book.