Stop Sitting In The Waiting Room Of Your Own Life
This is your life. You do not have time to wait for the revolution to begin living it. You will always be able to find someone to give you permission not to live it. But no one is coming along to live it for you.
Gawker • Failure to Cope "Under Capitalism"
We’re made so uneasy by the experience of allowing reality to unfold at its own speed that when we’re faced with a problem, it feels better to race toward a resolution—any resolution, really, so long as we can tell ourselves we’re “dealing with” the situation, thereby maintaining the feeling of being in control. So we snap at our partners, rather t... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“One day I’ll make it.” Is your goal taking up so much of your attention that you reduce the present moment to a means to an end? Is it taking the joy out of your doing? Are you waiting to start living? If you develop such a mind pattern, no matter what you achieve or get, the present will never be good enough; the future will always seem better. A
... See moreEckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
life is not meant
to be rushed through. It is not a race,
nor is it a problem to be solved. It is
an experience to be lived, and living
well requires presence.
omnivore.app • stormrider
I know it’s tempting to believe some future moment has your happiness. That, someday, you’ll figure out how to solve your problems and finally arrive in that place where you can really enjoy things. But your life has already begun. This is it. We don’t know what happens once we die but, even if we lived forever, all we would ever be able to experie
... See moreChelsea Harvey Garner • How to Enjoy Your Problems
Being present is the opposite of missing out on life.