Two Shots
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If you lived your life properly, which meant doing the right thing by yourself, then there was little use for regret.
“Worry is an addiction That interferes with compassion.”
― 365 Tao: Daily Meditations
― 365 Tao: Daily Meditations
“Let us not follow vulgar leaders Who exploit the fear of death, And promise the bliss of salvation. If we are truly happy, They will have nothing to offer.”
― 365 Tao: Daily Meditations
― 365 Tao: Daily Meditations
“Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
“What I was worried about was being defined as someone who didn’t have the courage or gumption or intelligence or whatever was necessary to get out of spending half his waking hours on a task and at a place that he didn’t enjoy or find fulfilling. I didn’t care if I was or wasn’t a writer. I was worried I was someone who let life just sort of happen to them.”
― Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
― Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
“There’s a hopelessness that comes with reaching the peak of anything because once you’re at the top, there’s nowhere else to go. All you’re left with is the realization that the promise of reaching someplace higher was always the best part of climbing in the first place.”
― Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
― Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
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