purpose

The thing is, I really like saying yes. I like new things, projects, plans, getting people together and doing something, trying something, even when it’s corny or stupid. I am not good at saying no. And I do not get along with people who say no. When you die, and it really could be this afternoon, under the same bus wheels I’ll stick my head if... See more

“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.” —Søren Kierkegaard

The point isn’t to dissociate or detach yourself from desires—it’s the opposite. It’s to attach yourself to a goal so firmly that distractions no longer matter. It’s to care about one thing so adamantly that noise is no longer distracting. Focus is the crucible of becoming.

Some good creative advice from the Bhagavad Gita : “It is better to do your own duty / badly than to perfectly do / another’s....”