life nudges
Short stories, thoughts, wisdom, quotes and inspiration to guide you into a wholesome direction.
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life nudges
Diversity can be seen as a conflict.
Diversity can be seen as enrichment.
How do you see diversity?
Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.
(Jean-Paul Sartre)
Whereas staying focused on the present had made the agonies of the ice-water ritual more tolerable, it made less unpleasant undertakings – daily chores that might previously have been a source not of agony but of boredom or annoyance – positively engrossing. The more intensely he could hold his attention on the experience of whatever he was doing,
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
"The shortest answer is doing the thing." - Ernest Hemingway
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
Stop talking about the thing. Stop asking about the thing. Stop gathering more information about the thing.
Just do the thing.
Two clay pots
A father sends his son to school. After 12years the son comes back and the father asks: "Did they teach you about that which cannot be seen, which cannot be heard and which cannot be known, yet without which nothing can be seen, heard or known?" - "No, what is that?" replies the son. So the father begins teaching:
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... See more“If you're ever wondering what is the right decision, ‘Should I do this, or should I do that? Should I live here, or should I live there? Should I take this job or that job?’ that just the act of choosing one and wholeheartedly committing to it makes your choice the best choice. It is your commitment itself that can make any choice the right choice... See more
Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions of psychic and physical stress. We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof
... See moreViktor E Frankl • Man's Search For Meaning: The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
If you're going through hell, keep going - Winston Churchill