Simple happiness

Drivers of happiness

Live for more.

from Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series

[People are] like donkeys running after carrots that are hanging in front of their faces from sticks attached to their own collars. They are never here. They never get here. They are never alive.

THEN I'll Be Happy

Quote from Alan Watts

And then, and then, and then, … NO. Live your life now

It’s possible that one of the reasons you got on the path of mastery was to look good. But to learn something new of any significance, you have to be willing to look foolish.

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If you’re always thinking about appearances, you can never attain the state of concentration that’s necessary for effective learning and top performance.

Reliability is Magnetic

by George Leonard

Gengda Valley Panda Cam - Giant Pandas in China | Explore.org

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Live footage of many different animals

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

-Howard Thurman

Is land a source of belongings or a source of belonging

-Robin Wall Kimmerer

Social Prescribing USA

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Everyone you admire has a story about how they overcame challenging adversity. Foolish to be disillusioned when it's your turn. Should feel proud to be able to relate to such esteemed company. Embrace the character arc of who you're meant to be. Everything going according to plan

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How can I feel so melancholy for so terrible a past? Maybe that’s just the nature of us, ever wishing for things that were and could be rather than things that are and will be. It takes more to hope than to remember.

-Darrow

Wish for things in the future, not the past

my bold; from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 305