Readings: From Tumblr

We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.

— Tom Hiddleston

You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. 

— Ruth E. Renkl

from today's reading

"A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don’t be that guy.

April 2012 Weekend Trip - Nanitaal

A year back, we were on a weekend trip......
with Vibhu & Vikas....

Day1:Standing at Nanitaal on a cool evening opposite Nainitaal Bus Stand: Vikas Chandresh Vibhu

Day 2:Trail to reach Sattal 

It's Okay

It’s okay.

It’s okay if you’re not as perfect as some other person in your life.

It’s okay if you’re not sure what your passions are.

It’s okay if you feel like you don’t have a clue.

It’s okay if you feel like you’re not living up to your ideals all the time.

It’s okay if you disagree with me.

It’s okay if you agree with me but can’t apply it to your life.

It’s okay if you’re young and you don’t know what’s going on.

It’s okay if you’re in a position in your life where your life doesn’t work like you think it should.

It’s okay if you live with someone who makes living by your ideals hard or impossible. 

It’s okay to make exceptions.

It’s okay to change ideas.

It’s okay to reject, reform, recycle, reuse, and restate.

Take a deep breath. Exhale.

Close your eyes. Open your eyes.

It’s okay if life isn't exactly like you want it right now. Don’t get complacent, but you’re allowed to relax. Let life wash against you.
Copied from: aberMinimal

Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic genius. Pleasure is our birthright.”

— Rob Brezsny

Words

Kakorrhaphiophobia - fear of failure or defeat

Quinquagenarian - a person between the ages of 50 and 59

Spectroheliokinematograph - a camera for taking pictures of the sun

Xenodocheionology - love of hotels

Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13

Batrachophagous - a person who eats frogs

Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious - good

Zenzizenzizenzic - eighth power of a number

Xanthophobia - fear of the color yellow or the word yellow

Aphotic - lightless; dark

Read: 06 Aug

intend to feel good all of the time.

write your book.

launch.

make ecstatic sex a priority. (this deliberateness will make you more creative, productive and generally gracious. on your death bed, you will think about all the amazing sex you had this lifetime.)

burn your to-do list.

write poetry. one a day.

make a point to be as encouraging as possible, as much as possible, to everyone possible.

don’t look back.

if you feel like you’re always failing, consider that this is part of being an artist. let it be a divine inclination. keep going.

enter.

leave.

eat real food.

often refuse to be in the presence of people who make you feel repressed, anxious, or pull your frequency down.

do not entertain haters.

send light to the haters.

give it away. you probably don’t need it and someone else does.

turn off the tv.

let it be easy.

burn candles. during the day.

fall in love. with yourself. with the person you’re with. with the persons in your orbit.
because no one is perfect, but you can let the love be perfect for the both of you.
because everyone — everyone — is a doorway to God.
because you can get there from here.

because life is short.

-Danielle LaPorte
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