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You can learn something from anyone, no matter who they are or what their station in life is.
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of b
... See moreForces that are out of your control can take everything away from you except one thing: your freedom to decide how you react to them. You don't control what happens to you in life, you control what you feel and what you do when something happens to you.
(Viktor Frankl)
“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”
— Mary Kay Ash
Welcome | LOVINGKINDNESS for Self - 10-Day Guided Meditation Practices with Sharon Salzberg
There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.
Kazuo Ishiguro