Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not ( Read more... )

“We were gone almost a month and everything was sensual. Everything was erotic. It’s the gift of travel, where everything is infused with meaning, compressed, so you begin to see the golden strand that weaves life together. You are in a constant state of awe.” ~Terry Tempest Williams

The Honest House ( Read more... )

"When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a believer, many people would come up to me-it still sometimes happens-and ask me if Carl changed at the end and converted to a belief in an afterlife. They also frequently ask me if I think I will see him again. Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought ( Read more... )

674: A Working List of Things I Will Never Tell You ( Read more... )

Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: ‘You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current ( Read more... )

"Just because something's uncomfortable doesn't mean it's wrong and just because you have your doubts about what you're doing, or you don't trust yourself 100%, that's normal. There's this illusion that people who do stuff are totally confident and I've never been. I've been riddled with doubt through the whole thing, you know, with a few flashes ( Read more... )

Slow Dance - Matthew Dickman ( Read more... )

If you want to succeed in your life, remember this phrase: The past does not equal the future. Because you failed yesterday; or all day today; or a moment ago; or for the last six months; the last sixteen years; or the last fifty years of life, doesn’t mean anything… All that matters is: What are you going to do, right now?

- Anthony Robbins

“there is a loneliness in this world so great ( Read more... )