simon
We don’t have to take thinking seriously. If we don’t take them seriously, they can’t harm us. Thoughts arise. Thoughts disappear. All by themselves! Thoughts come and go. If we leave them alone, they are harmless, powerless.
(Fred Davis)
“Steel can be any shape you want if you are skilled enough, and any shape but the one you want if you are not.”
(Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)
Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!
-- Ingrid Bergman
[Chill.] A definition
the sudden awareness that no one knows what they're doing
And life is short.
And much of what you’re worrying about right now, in the fullness of time, just doesn’t matter.
You may not “got this.”
You may not “figure it out”
You may not be have the perfect plan.
But neither do the rest of us.
So take a deep breath, smile and relish t
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Your first thought
in the morning should be:
Thank you.
- The easiest thing is the hardest. It is harder to be simple than it is to be complex.
Don’t wait for joy to find you, because you might end up waiting forever.
It’s almost like boredom doesn’t exist, like difficulty doesn’t exist, scarcity doesn’t exist. And a feeling I’ve been having a lot lately is that scarcity is often what creates meaning. When you’re surrounded by infinite possibilities, when you know around the next corner is another video that might be funnier, you’re never going to sit with the t
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If you don't understand this, you will go astray,
no matter how intelligent you are.
That is the great secret.
(Lao Tzu)