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“Researchers have long observed that older people who feel a sense of purpose in their lives tend to live longer, fuller,”
― Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
― Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
“I was trying so hard to find the single pivotal moment that set my life on its path. The moment that answered the question, 'How did I get here?'
But it's never just one moment. It's a series of them. And your life can branch out from each one in a thousand different ways. Maybe there's a version of your life for all the choices you make and all the choices you don't.”
― Everything, Everything
But it's never just one moment. It's a series of them. And your life can branch out from each one in a thousand different ways. Maybe there's a version of your life for all the choices you make and all the choices you don't.”
― Everything, Everything
“It's not up to you to help other people fit you into a box.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“Growing up and seeing your parents' flaws is like losing your religion. I don't believe in God anymore. I don't believe in my father either.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“I choose art and beauty, vague as those terms are, against ugliness and horrors in which we live today. For somebody to look at a flower or listen to music does something to one, has a positive effect, and being surrounded by ugliness and horror does something negative. So I feel my duty not to betray those poets, scientists, saints, singers, troubadours of the past centuries who did everything that humanity would become more beautiful. I have to continue in my small way their work.”
― Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
― Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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