“If we never want to look back on the past, we create tension between memory and independence, retrospection and progress. By so doing, we make a radical commitment to the future that becomes a state of unbridled freedom. (“Never looking back again”
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“If we cling to old stories and carry the burden of regrets, mistakes, and unresolved sorrow, we must recognize that we hold on to pain and suffering. Instead, we must steam ahead, letting go and releasing the grip of the past with the inspiration of mindful liberation, but without willful amnesia. (“Never looking back again”)”
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“By becoming poets of physical and mental height, we can create new values and build new forms of life, defying the tyranny of habit, the constraints of the mapped and measurable, and challenging life’s routines that harden into unquestioned structures. ("Skyward, over and above")”
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“If our memory is a compass rather than an anchor of the past, we can reinterpret our history in light of the present. By living in forward motion, we can select wisdom from our experience, without being haunted by it. When we identify what we are leaving behind and why we do so, we can leave mental chaos and go forward with confidence. (“Never looking back again”)”
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“When our urge to move blocks our path, the transformative power of our imagination incites us to explore, experience, and expand. If we want a shift in our traditional template of horizontality, we can expand reality by transcending its perceived limits and adopt a philosophy of vertical transcendence. ("Skyward, over and above")”
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Monica’s 2025 Year in Books
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