"The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
V.S. Naipaul, In a Free State
Monthly Archives: November 2016
"Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success."
Arianna Huffington
"I love those who yearn for the impossible." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.” Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption (Different Seasons)
" 'What day is it?' asked Winnie the Pooh. 'It's today,' squeaked Piglet. 'My favourite day,' said Pooh." A. A. Milne, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
"If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads." Anatole France
Ikigai (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese term that roughly translates as 'a reason for being'. Okinawans, much revered for their longevity, have a matchless diet of super foods and are practitioners of an ikigai mindset. It's argued that this combination of an Okinawan diet, sensible exercise, and a strong connection for why they get up in the morning make Okinawans extraordinarily healthy in their bodies, minds and spirits, and life-long members of the 100+ club! People with this connection to their ikigai have an illuminating inner
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds." Bob Marley
"I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then." Lewis Carroll
"You've got to love what's yours." Alicia Keys