I'm Here For the Joy
and you will be nowhere in particular,
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
Now, where do missing words go?” “How would I know?” “Because it’s your job to know?” He had been directing his remarks to the ceiling, and now he turned to face her. “You’re a writer
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
Choose joy. Choose it like a child chooses the shoe to put on the right foot, the crayon to paint a sky. Choose it at first consciously, effortfully, pressing against the weight of a world heavy with reasons for sorrow, restless with need for action. Feel the sorrow, take the action, but keep pressing the weight of joy against it all, until it beco... See more
Maria Popova • 18 Life-Learnings From 18 Years of the Marginalian
“Today I hand my life to the mystery and say listen - I am filled with fear but I am also filled with a deep knowing that you haven’t let me down yet.”
Seth Werkheiser • It's time to do whatever we want
I started by volunteering in the palliative care department at Mercy Hospital in my hometown. I was still trying cases, and I usually made time to visit the hospital on Fridays. The director of the program would give me a list of patients who’d asked for a visit, most of whom were at the end of life in some stage of dying. The patients were all ove
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