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The less energy we waste regretting the past or worrying about the future, the more energy we will have for what’s in front of us.
Before we can make deep changes in our lives, we have to look into our diet, our way of consuming. We have to live in such a way that we stop consuming the things that poison us and intoxicate us. Then we will have the strength to allow the best in us to arise, and we will no longer be victims of anger, of frustration.
“Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.”
When we feel our temper rising up, we need to look for insertion points (the space between stimulus and response). Points where we can get up and walk away.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Life does that to us. It kicks our ass. Everything we work for can be taken away. All our powers can be rendered impotent in a moment. What follows this is not just an issue of spirit or the mind, it’s a real physical question: What do you do with your time? How do you handle the stress of the whiplash?
The journey has been enjoyable and well worth making—once!
Read that again and again and again and again
Rise above our physical limitations. • Find hobbies that rest and replenish us. • Develop a reliable, disciplined routine. • Spend time getting active outdoors. • Seek out solitude and perspective. • Learn to sit—to do nothing when called for. • Get enough sleep and rein in our workaholism. • Commit to causes bigger than ourselves.
for a man can only lose what he has.”
Work is what horses die of. Everybody should know that.
It’s human being, not human doing, for a reason.
