August 2011
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“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
– C. S. Lewis
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The Dalai Lama's 18 Rules for Living
At the start of the new millennium, the Dalai Lama issued eighteen rules for living.
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Learn the...
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“Write drunk; edit sober.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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“An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.”
– Gilbert K. Chesterton
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sunday
As I drove home from grabbing coffee and croissants to help me perk up for the day, I passed a packed church parking lot on my route and began thinking of Sunday rituals. Why is it, I wondered, that people think if they shuffle their family in and out of a building, read some antiquated texts and listen to someone try to contemporize those texts, they will suddenly be closer to god*? This...
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“If you want to get warm, you move near the fire. If you want joy, peace, eternal...”
– C. S. Lewis
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“To create love, peace, harmony and friendship, vibrations (sound) and rhythm...”
– Nandkishor Muley
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“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure...”
– William Gibson
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“fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less,...”
– swedish proverb
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“life isn’t tied with a bow, but it is still a gift. cherish it, relish it,...”
– ismiledsweetly
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in the eye of the beholder
The other day I started thinking of the idea of beauty. Of course there’s the societal ideal of beauty, which generally happens to be physical, though most people are intelligent enough to agree that inner beauty is evident as well. But how do we make the discernment? How do we fully realize and harness our beauty? Is it possible to always feel beautiful? In college, I took a pilates...
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“the secret to a happy life is simple: passion. eat passionately, love...”
– ismiledsweetly
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“the aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly,...”
– henry miller
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the urban gentleman →
fellas, here’s a classier, hipper alternative to men’s magazines like GQ and Esquire. a category devoted to “gentlemen going green”? -swoon-
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pack your bags, we're movin' to Austin! →
okay, not really…maybe sometime in the future after I fall in love with it. this article already has my heart singing
