Part 1 of 2.
EDIT: Number 4 is incorrect, I chopped the bottom off by mistake! It should read:
4. Most people look unapproachable and cold until you talk to them and then they almost always are surprisingly warm and friendly.
I’ll post part 2 tonight…
55 observations from taking a year off work is really really good
Staring into the abyss means thinking reasonably about things that are uncomfortable to contemplate, like arguments against your religious beliefs, or in favor of breaking up with your partner. It’s common to procrastinate on thinking hard about these things because it might require you to acknowledge that you were very wrong about something in the... See more
it is absolutely certain that if you bump into the world in some way, it will bump back, often unpredictably and to a greater extent than you think. Just do anything that’s even slightly interesting to you, without paying too much attention to what you’re trying to achieve. You will find that the world will throw behavior at you, and, at some... See more
enjoy your bondage. Your bondage to this body, to other bodies around you, and to the fire and the ash and the water and the wind. That is all, really, you have—that, and the nameless beyond.