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    “What makes life worth living? No child asks itself that question. To children life is self-evident. Life goes without saying: whether it is good or bad makes no difference. This is because children don’t see the world, don’t observe the world, don’t contemplate the world, but are so deeply immersed in the world that they don’t distinguish between it and their own selves.”

    Karl Ove Knausgard, Autumn

      “When asked what his favorite composition was, Duke Ellington said, ‘the next one.’ This is the essence of the artistic process. When we’re in the liminal space between now and what is about to come, we’re fully alive.”

      Seth Godin

        “If we’re only excited when people say nice things about our work, it’s a sign that we’re not passionate about the work itself. And if we indulge our interests and skills, but nobody responds to them, then our passion is without purpose. If either piece is missing, we’re not living our dharma.”

        Jay Shetty, Think Like A Monk (Page 97)

          “Happiness and fulfillment come only from mastering the mind and connecting with the soul–not from objects or attainments. Success doesn’t guarantee happiness, and happiness doesn’t require success. They can feed each other, and we can have them at the same time, but they are not intertwined.”

          Jay Shetty, Think Like A Monk (Page 69)

            “Sooner or later the outer poverty is going to disappear—we now have enough technology to make it disappear—and the real problem is going to arise. The real problem will be inner poverty. No technology can help.”

            Osho, Everyday Osho (Page 47)

              “Whenever you see that something is creating misery, drop it then and there—don’t hold it for a single moment. This is courage: courage to live, courage to risk, courage to adventure. And only those who are courageous are one day rewarded by the whole, by light, by love, bliss, and benediction.”

              Osho, Everyday Osho (Page 42)

              Everyday Osho [Book]

                By: Osho

                Book Overview:  Everyday Osho features 365 short meditations that offer insights into living fully in the here and now. Each brief text is thoughtful and inspiring and the perfect length for starting a daily meditation practice. With topics that range from gratitude to nature to philosophy to love, Everyday Osho contains a full year of meditation and inspiration.

                Post(s) Inspired by this Book:

                Letting Your Bow Relax—A Short Story About Not Being So Serious All Of The Time

                  “There will be moments in your life
                  when you stumble into someone and your whole
                  damn world will be flipped on its head, a complete stranger
                  will become the only person that matters and if I can
                  give you any piece of advice, it’s that in
                  these moments don’t let go.”

                  Cole Schafer (January Black), One Minute, Please? (Page 130)

                    “When you live with the understanding that each moment might be your last, everything changes. You begin loving the people in your life harder. You begin sacrificing your body and soul to make good work. You begin living with an insatiable appetite to devour the moment you’re living in now. It will feel foreign but it will ignite your being. Death will no longer scare you as you come to the profound realization that the only death you truly face is not living fully now. So, please. I beg you. Devour this moment whole, my friend.”

                    Cole Schafer (January Black), One Minute, Please? (Page 122)

                      “Do not live half a life

                      and do not die a half death.

                      If you choose silence, 

                      then be silent.

                      When you speak, 

                      do so until you are finished.

                      If you accept, 

                      then express it bluntly.

                      Do not mask it.

                      If you refuse 

                      then be clear about it

                      for an ambiguous refusal 

                      is but a weak acceptance.

                      Do not accept half a solution

                      Do not believe half truths

                      Do not dream half a dream

                      Do not fantasize about half hopes.

                      Half the way will get 

                      you nowhere.

                      You are a whole that exists 

                      to live a life.

                      Not half a life.”

                      Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

                        “Living well means spending more time on things that matter. Living poorly means spending more time on things that don’t matter. Wisdom is knowing the difference.”

                        Mark Manson

                          “We invent threats to give ourselves a sense of purpose. We imagine obstacles to create a sense of meaning. We start conflicts with others in order to feel necessary.”

                          Mark Manson