Respect your desire for more, but also tame it.
Tag: Life Lessons
Handle Your Emotions, Instead Of Letting Them Handle You
Unpleasant emotions are not bad. Runaway emotions are.
The Thereness of Things
Suddenly, we see life for what it is. Fleeting. Fragile. Fearful. Yet wonderful.
Instead of running from regret, embrace it as the revelatory tool it is
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.
You’re More Courageous Than You Think
There are secret sources of courage inside every human heart.
This Whole Impermanence
Everything changes.
The Last Time
“Life, it is thanks to death that you are precious in my eyes.” Seneca When we are young and healthy, we think we have time. Even when we are not so young and healthy, we tend to gloss over the finiteness of life, thinking that the end is still far over the horizon — that what we […]
Making The Best Of Things
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
The Paths We Cross
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
Forgive Yourself
One of the hardest things in life is learning to forgive yourself, yet it is also one of the most important lessons to learn.