Thought provoking

pretended to hate, was being asked to give advice. So why were people always asking him for it? Because even when Richard didn't understand, he always seemed to understand better than the rest of us. And whatever he understood, he could make others understand as well. Richard made people feel like a child does, when a grown-up first treats him as... See more

This comes from Paul Loomans, a Zen monk who mentions it in his excellent book Time Surfing (which I’ve praised here before, and which was recently re-released in English as I’ve Got Time). “If you look at the day’s activities as a string of beads,” Loomans writes, “you will see it’s made up of all different kinds: large, weighty beads and small,... See more

Life isn’t fair—and that’s the most liberating thing you can accept. Ben’s father taught him this simple truth that defeats most people. Everyone expects fairness and gets destroyed when it doesn’t come. Once you accept unfairness as the default, you stop asking “Why me?” and start asking “What now?”—the only question that matters.

What are you pretending to know when you could be asking a better question?

The idea that things from outside you to make you feel better are bad eg alcohol, bad food...Things from inside you are more durable and natural - calm mind, fit body, well-being etc

Acceptance is the integration of reality

Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.