Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

by Héctor García

“He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.”

Happiness is in the doing, not in the result. As a rule of thumb, remind yourself: “Rituals over goals.”

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters.”

Life is pure imperfection, as the philosophy of wabi-sabi teaches us, and the passage of time shows us that everything is fleeting, but if you have a clear