Things that made me stop and think
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new... See more
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new... See more
This is for you if you've had some feelings this week
Kurt Cobain once reminisced that if he could do it all over again, he would go back to those moments before they became big. When they were touring in a van and they could feel things starting to happen for them. That was the most gratifying moment in his memory. If he had his choice, they would have stayed there forever.
Believe him. Celebrate... See more
Believe him. Celebrate... See more
Yancey Strickler • Small is more meaningful than big
"Does this choice make me more me?"
"Does this choice feel like fear or love?"
"What would the me I want to be (genuinely, organically, from a deep soul place) do?"
"Does this choice feel like fear or love?"
"What would the me I want to be (genuinely, organically, from a deep soul place) do?"
Tuesday Thread: How Do You Know When To Quit?
An answer to the prompt: How do you know when to quit?
No matter what, there's a bet being placed- it's either you placing the bet on yourself, or someone else is placing it for you
Entrepreneurship vs having a job
Life is nothing more than a series of stages, one after another. Our problem is that we often enjoy a particular stage so much that we’re hesitant to move to the next one. Each chapter should be enjoyable, yes, but each chapter should also prepare you for a new chapter that you could only reach by experiencing your current one . And you do, at some... See more
Adios, Business School.
Aldous Huxley on approaching life with lightness, even in the face of difficulty:
"It's dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you're feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a... See more
"It's dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you're feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days, such a... See more
3-2-1: On living with lightness, the root cause of sin, and how to compete without losing yourself
When you have a clear vision, it’s rare, so stick to what you know in your gut is correct.
Joanna Goddard • Big Salad
Ina Garten to Deb Perelman
When I have a piece of writing in mind, what I have, in fact, is a mental bucket: an attractor for and generator of thought. It’s like a thematic gravity well, a magnet for what would otherwise be a mess of iron filings. I’ll read books differently and listen differently in conversations. In particular I’ll remember everything better; everything
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