closer to the truth

Even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat

And maybe what emerges in flow is something more essential—not the self we've constructed through repetition, but the self that exists prior to all that construction .

We live in a society that shows us many paths to status but very few to meaning.

To quote Gil Fronsdal from a recent Dharma talk, “The path itself seems so precious; getting to the capital seems secondary.”

What if we stop adding layers of separation between us and the answers and reserve our energy to amplify trust and calm in ourselves?

It’s easy to feel adrift

Instead, I outright tell them that they already know, and I ask them questions to help them remember.

that feel like they have something beautiful to say with conviction

In truth, the greatest source of envy is not the vacation, the pretty face, or the artwork itself, but the shameful notion that I’m not living my life to the fullest extent.