how to be

by Erikc Perez-Perez and · updated 4mo ago

Practice the “dream behind the complaint” technique: When you catch yourself complaining, use it as an opportunity to uncover what you truly desire. Every complaint implies a vision of a better scenario. After identifying the dream behind the complaint, assess its inspiring nature. Is it compelling enough to motivate you? If not, dig deeper to unco
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alex added 4mo ago
I aspire to Isak Dinesen’s way: work a little every day, without hope and without despair. What a way to live! To make! To be!
sari added 7mo ago
"what i want is to live in a way that suits me"
via korean film on the beach at night alone (2017) dir. hong sang-soo
sari added 9mo ago
“Oxygenate your life with books, possibility, chance, hope, dash, verve.”
sari added 10mo ago
björk said that trying to communicate through talking feels like trying to put the ocean through a straw
James Stevens added 1y ago
”The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you are still a rat” — Lily Tomlin
andrea added 1y ago
The only productive way to answer ‘What should I do now?’ is to first tackle the question of ‘Who should I become?' Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living
sari added 1y ago
Many people go around looking for a box to fit into. Why?
Erikc Perez-Perez added 1y ago
"Saving one life is more important than praying at the monastery," said Gelje, a devout Buddhist.
Erikc Perez-Perez added 1y ago
It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world. John Steinbeck.
Erikc Perez-Perez added 1y ago