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Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves.
–Laura Esquivel
–Laura Esquivel
I am also slowly learning that being present is not just about giving my full attention to whatever is happening right now. It is also about recognising that what I have is good, and then wanting what I have.
It brings to mind a sage piece of wisdom from my late grandmother:
"Never fear sadness, as it tends to sit right next to love."
"Never fear sadness, as it tends to sit right next to love."
“Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.”
Moving as a creative practice
Charlie Munger said learning is changing your behavior.
One of the more humbling parts of adulthood is realizing how many things belong on a list I could title:
"Things I know but haven't learned"
Beauty is unanswerable, in a poem as much as in a woman.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
Perfection isn’t welcomed here; I’d like to see your flaws. The blueprint of your beauty makes me want to love them all…
Alexandra Elle Smith • Words from a Wanderer (Notes and Love Poems Book 1)
Beauty is not something beheld primarily by the eyes. It is beheld by the spirit—it reveals the truth of beings.