Sublime

Without this step of planning and intentionality, distraction too easily encroaches upon presence.

When we protect our time, energy, and attention and direct it wisely—when we are present for meaningful people, places, and pursuits—our entire experience of being alive improves dramatically.

Resist the temptation to engage in whatever novel opportunities arise—because

You can’t work on something in a meaningful way if you are fighting it at the same time.

What advice would future you offer to present-day you? Can you follow that advice right now?

Move your body often, sometimes hard; every bit counts.

Your successes hit you in the face. But so do your failures.

When an activity becomes a practice, it shifts from something that you are doing at a point in time to an ongoing process of becoming.

Ruggedness without flexibility is rigidity, and flexibility without ruggedness is instability.