the good life
But I noticed something else: there was long-term satisfaction to be found in my journey. It wasn’t in the attaining but in the becoming.
The process itself, of becoming the kind of person who could make useful things and earn a living doing so, was a joy. As was the process of deepening the craft of exploring or reading or writing.
The process itself, of becoming the kind of person who could make useful things and earn a living doing so, was a joy. As was the process of deepening the craft of exploring or reading or writing.
At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice, and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.”
— Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
— Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
Pain comes from events, while suffering comes from the way we handle events—what we do about them and, especially, what we think about them.
Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self
As Charlie Munger says:
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”
We Know What Is Wrong With More Clarity Than What Is Right
Each chance we get isn't just ours to use, but ours to transform into chances for others.
A few visuals from my growing collection 🫶
Many of these now live inside a structured, classroom-ready SEL framework.
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