“Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts”
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“Instead of worrying about the past or the future, we should appreciate things just as they are in the moment, in the now.”
― Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Hygge / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
― Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Hygge / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
“There is no future, no past. There is only the present.”
― Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
― Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life
“Then I discover when you take a step forward, even a small step, the fear doesn’t exercise such a tight grip. It’s still there but it’s somehow reduced and you allow yourself to feel less of a helpless victim because ultimately it’s the sense of powerlessness that does you in.”
― Travelling in a Strange Land
― Travelling in a Strange Land
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