Sireesha

“If a goal is worth pursuing, even the pain that accompanies our practice feels good - just like the pain of good exercise, spicy hot pot, or icy cold tingling soda. But if you feel like you’re hurting yourself to achieve rewards and the only thing you enjoy is the final goal and not the process, it’s probably time to rethink - not just about your priorities but the way you think about them.”
― Woo-Kyoung Ahn, Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better

“Everyone needs to feel important.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Lucy by the Sea

“Everyone thinks like themselves, this is my point.”
― Elizabeth Strout, Lucy by the Sea

“Why did we create a society that not only forces most people to work to live but also makes even the most privileged feel like they have to work desperately hard all the time? We created a mythology that regards the need to reach the top of the mountain because it’s there as a measure of human worth, but when we get there, there’s always another mountain, and another one after that. Most of us live our whole lives either struggling to stay on solid ground or climbing mountain after mountain.”
― Woo-Kyoung Ahn, Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better