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You could ask them at twenty or at seventy, though I think they are especially salient when you reach my age. They are questions of loss and regret, success and failure, the lives you wanted and the life you have.
"questions of loss and regret, success and failure, the lives you wanted and the life you have" the summary of what many consider the midlife crisis...when answering these questions leads you to discontent, fear, or anxiety...and a sweeping life change then happens (or you do something stupid in your panic).
“The spiritual journey is not about acquiring something outside yourself. Rather, you are penetrating the layers and veils to return to the deepest truth of your own being.”
― Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart
― Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart
“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
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“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
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“Dare to love yourself
as if you were a rainbow
with gold at both ends.”
― Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
as if you were a rainbow
with gold at both ends.”
― Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
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