“Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“It’s hard to love a second home as much as the first.”
― Fourth Wing
― Fourth Wing
“The philosophy of nonattachment is based in the understanding that holding on too tightly to those things, which in any case are always going to be slipping through our fingers, hurts and gives us rope burn. This is the secret of letting go. Holding on with a control-freak type of grip—as if any of us are really totally in charge—simply keeps us stuck and costs us our freedom. Therefore it is in our higher self-interest to let go a little, as appropriate, and enjoy things as they come and go without overly investing in their permanence or lasting reality.”
― Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
― Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
“because life is the moment we’re living right now.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Buddha taught that neither pleasure nor pain are ultimately very satisfying; both are fleeting. No matter how much we have or don't have, we keep seeking satisfaction and fulfillment. We fail to experience contentment.”
― Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
― Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Lessons on Change, Loss, and Spiritual Transformation
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