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Love this from Yancey Strickler:
An artist is a self-employed self-expressor.
A creator is a self-employed commercial expressor.
Every Decision Made About You And Your Opportunities Is Made In A Room Youāre Not In - Joanna Bloor, The Potentialist.
āPeople are trying to guess about your future potential, based on your past trajectory. [ā¦] If you donāt provide your own chronicle of who you are, one will be given to you. Youāll assume whatever description the other party gives you, dictated by their biases, perceptions and attributions. Donāt passively let others dictate your narrative, write
... See moreTyler Cowell: āone of the highest value things you can do in life is raise other people's aspirations.
āThis is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. ā 1
āI am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long
... See moreThe first paragraph is from the play Man and Superman (1903) by Irish playwright, critic, and political activist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). It appears in the eloquent, thought-provoking (and lengthy: more than 11,400 words!) dedication, āEpistle Dedicatory to Arthur Bingham Walkley,ā of the play. The second paragraph comes from one of his speeches (found in George Bernard Shaw: His Life and His Works by Archibald Henderson). Interestingly, as the Internet has a tendency to do, the first and second paragraphs are erroneously combined, as if they were one thought written by Shaw
As you prepare your breakfast, think of others
(do not forget the pigeonās food).
As you conduct your wars, think of others
(do not forget those who seek peace).
As you pay your water bill, think of others
(those who are nursed by clouds).
As you return home, to your home, think of others
(do not forget the people of the camps).
As you sleep
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By Thich Nhat Hanh
As the Buddha is said to have explained to a disciple:
āYou are one of those gems, and every person, every animal, every tree and plant, every insect, every speck of dust that floats up into a sunbeam and down onto a road, is a gem of the net of Indra. Every emotion that you feel, and all the feelings that all beings have ever felt, even thousands
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