So to all of us I wish for a letting go of what no longer serves and an embrace of the unexpected, whether it seems good or bad in the moment. And I’ll take it one further: here’s to shingles, the gift I thought I didn’t want, the bit of real life that brought me back to who I am.
Change…
I have always felt safe in this vast solitude, living in pastureland cut from the old juniper and pinon forests long ago, out here among the coyotes and other wild things. Perhaps it’s offered something soothing to my own wild nature… On those pitch-black nights when there is no moon, with only the stars offering any sense of proportion, all of my nervous awkwardness falls away because I know who I am in those moments.
Anne Lamott’s Advice to Berkeley Graduates
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good or are you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
Steve Jobs Reflects on Life
Such a great thinker and visionary, Steve Jobs is lost to us now, except his words of wisdom live on. This is the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs.
Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet: The Fifth Letter
This book has been my favorite book for ten years or more. I’ve bought and then given away so many copies of it, I almost never have one for myself.
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