That’s what love was, he thought. Being the warm blanket for somebody else. Being the rain that brought their parched roots back to life. It was being their tether, so they didn’t float off into space. It was growth and pain and
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“Today, I understand something I didn’t see before: every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
― The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living
― The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Because I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. You’ll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living right now.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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