There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A person's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue.
The great challenge, the great triumph, is to make of memory an instrument of presence.
3w ago
The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.
We see, but we do not see: we use our eyes, but our gaze is glancing, frivolously considering its object. We see the signs, but not their meanings. We are not blinded, but we have blinders.
Belal felt life had become « too fast, stripped of slowness and reflection, and constrained by the lack of freedom to live and experience fully. »
2mo ago
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in all those thoughts. We think too much and feel too little. We have lost our minds and forgotten our hearts.
I wonder if we do not waste most of our energy just by spending every waking minute saying hello to ourselves.
3mo ago
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts. We cannot shut down our internal chatter, and it is driving us insane.
3mo ago
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts. We worry about things that may never happen, we get anxious about situations we cannot control, and we exhaust ourselves by living in a future that may never exist.
those moments when our sudden stupefaction facing the world grows so profound that a pillow of air seems to lodge itself in our throats and we suddenly notice we haven't even taken a breath in tens of seconds.
3mo ago
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts. We think too much and feel too little. Silence has become rather uncommon, and these days, even loneliness is a luxury we can't afford.
3mo ago
We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts. We cannot shut off our minds; our minds are words, words, words.
3mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
