Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.
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Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.
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The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and
Everything . . . [is] read more
The Answer to the Great Question Of . . . Life, the Universe and
Everything . . . [is] Forty-two.
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person read more
Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
The wine of life keeps oozing drop by drop. The leaves of life keep falling one by one.
The wine of life keeps oozing drop by drop. The leaves of life keep falling one by one.
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.
You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.
You only live once -- but if you work it right, once is enough.
