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every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become.
You're overspending because you lack values
“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.”
― Vincent Van Gogh
Do what you can't
Desire is about what the object seems to promise us: a fuller, richer existence.
You're overspending because you lack values
You lack spirit, not another fashion identity. You don’t need another aesthetic, you need stronger values.
You're overspending because you lack values
Idleness is almost always a mistake. Waiting is not only debilitating and demoralizing, but also exhausting . When Hesiod said, "Hunger is the natural companion of the utterly idle man," prosaically he meant literal hunger, but poetically he was pointing toward this immense dissatisfaction with life. This sentiment of aggravated emptiness that... See more
Do what you can't
Most real knowledge, knowledge worth attaining, lives in the hands . It must be cultivated gradually, like a garden. Really, it must be grown. Most real knowledge is the result of doing something deliberately for a long time and steadily making small improvements.
Do what you can't
When we feel the weight of our limits, we start reaching toward idols to imitate, goals to chase, places to explore, people to meet. What we’re really chasing is a sense of immortality or infinity, something that lives longer than we ever will. We want to be remembered long after we’ve left a conversation, the company, the world.
You're overspending because you lack values
Can one have a relationship with material things without being consumed by that very thing?
the idea that shopping is a material issue, and overconsumption is a budgeting problem, rather than a spiritual problem.
You're overspending because you lack values
Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spell we kill for them, give all for them, and then, when we have what we have wanted, we discover that it is all an illusion and nothing is there. Lust is a voyage to nowhere, to an empty land, but some men just love such... See more