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The power of words. One of the best speeches ever. A must listen by Mohammed Qahtani

As Maya Angelou famously advised, when people tell you who they are, believe them. Just as important, however, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. You are the only custodian of your own integrity, and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about them and... See more

Maria Popova • 18 Life-Learnings From 18 Years of the Marginalian

life nudges

“Rather than living every day as if it’s my last, I’ve shifted to a gentler approach of living every day as if it’s my first. I want to wake up and meet the day with the wonder of a newborn, to cultivate childlike qualities like curiosity and play.”

- Suleika Jaquad

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Your life is like a garden given to you as a gift. If you nurture and care for your garden, you can shape it as you wish. If you leave it alone, it will run wild. You decide what takes root here.

[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

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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

life nudges