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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Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.
I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.
I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.
Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror
Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror
Life is an uncharted ocean. The cautious mariner must needs take
Many soundings ere he conduct his barque to read more
Life is an uncharted ocean. The cautious mariner must needs take
Many soundings ere he conduct his barque to port in safety.
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, read more
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.
When you're a student or whatever, and you can't afford a car, or a plane fare, or even a train read more
When you're a student or whatever, and you can't afford a car, or a plane fare, or even a train fare, all you can do is hope that someone will stop and pick you up.
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.
To become a spectator of one's own life is to escape the suffering of life.
We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals read more
We are coming to understand health not as the absence of disease, but rather as the process by which individuals maintain their sense of coherence (i.e. sense that life is comprehensible, manageable, and meaningful) and ability to function in the face of changes in themselves and their relationships with their environment. -Aaron Antonovsky.
