Wisdom for Life
Ironically, when we start to get better, we also get sad - because we realize how much we’ve missed out on, how badly certain people treated us, and what the younger version of us actually deserved. Healing requires healthy grieving. There is no way around it.
— Unknown
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Frodo and Gandalf
... See moreYou are your own worst enemy. You waste precious time dreaming of the future instead of engaging in the present. Since nothing seems urgent to you, you are only half involved in what you do. The only way to change is through action and outside pressure. Put yourself in situations where you have too much at stake to waste time or resources--if you c
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
-Will Rogers
... See moreImagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls-family, health, friends, integrity-are made of gla
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either of them.
-Russian proverb
I don't even have an e-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive messages.
—Umberto Eco
“The world reveals itself to those who walk” — Werner Herzog