#how to live

[liefst]

this most recent ask polly is articulating everything i ever aspire to be

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[principleofplenitude]

I do not write every day, I read every day, think every day, work in the garden every day, and recognize in nature the same slow complicity. The same inevitability. The moment will arrive, always it does, it can be predicted but it cannot be demanded. I do not think of this as inspiration. I think of it as readiness.

Jeanette Winterson, from Art Objects (1995)

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[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

Deep down, we know it to be true. We know that possessions don't equal joy. And we know full well that our lives are too valuable to waste chasing them.

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[infpisme]

#elizabeth gilbert #life lessons #life advice #life quotes #how to live #you do you

[uaravsh]

"People empty me. I have to get away to refill."

- Charles Bukowksi

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[withastorytotell]

When Jim Rohn said "Something my parents taught me that they practiced all their life is 'don't miss anything'. Don't miss the game. Don't miss the concert. Don't miss the performance. Don't miss the show. Don't miss the conversation. Don't miss the sermon. Don't miss the class. Don't miss anything. Go look, see, learn, try, taste. When my father was 73 years old after my mother was gone or 93 years old before he died, if you would have called him at 10:30, 11:00 at night he wouldn't be home. He's at the concert. He's at church. He's at the rodeo. He's watching the kids plays softball. Every night. Somewhere. Unbelievable. Let that flavor of life be part of your lifestyle. Go taste. Go listen. Go enjoy. " I think I needed to hear that among all the don't do this and don't do that and when will I ever find the time.

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[stoicmike]

If philosophy is about how to live, aren’t other creatures better at it than we are? -- Michael Lipsey

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[orthodoxsoul]

Orthodox priest and teacher Fr. Thomas Hopko, who passed away eight years ago this week, wrote many wonderful things in his life. One favorite is this list of 55 Maxims for Christian Living. They're applicable, I think, to non-Orthodox Christians and, many of them, to non-Christians too

Here they are:

1. Be always with Christ.

2. Pray as you can, not as you want.

3. Have a keepable rule of prayer that you do by discipline.

4. Say the Lord’s Prayer several times a day.

5. Have a short prayer that you constantly repeat when your mind is not occupied with other things.

6. Make some prostrations when you pray.

7. Eat good foods in moderation.

8. Keep the Church’s fasting rules.

9. Spend some time in silence every day.

10. Do acts of mercy in secret.

11. Go to liturgical services regularly

12. Go to confession and communion regularly.

13. Do not engage intrusive thoughts and feelings. Cut them off at the start.

14. Reveal all your thoughts and feelings regularly to a trusted person.

15. Read the scriptures regularly.

16. Read good books a little at a time.

17. Cultivate communion with the saints.

18. Be an ordinary person.

19. Be polite with everyone.

20. Maintain cleanliness and order in your home.

21. Have a healthy, wholesome hobby.

22. Exercise regularly.

23. Live a day, and a part of a day, at a time.

24. Be totally honest, first of all, with yourself.

25. Be faithful in little things.

26. Do your work, and then forget it.

27. Do the most difficult and painful things first.

28. Face reality.

29. Be grateful in all things.

30. Be cheefull.

31. Be simple, hidden, quiet and small.

32. Never bring attention to yourself.

33. Listen when people talk to you.

34. Be awake and be attentive.

35. Think and talk about things no more than necessary.

36. When we speak, speak simply, clearly, firmly and directly.

37. Flee imagination, analysis, figuring things out.

38. Flee carnal, sexual things at their first appearance.

39. Don’t complain, mumble, murmur or whine.

40. Don’t compare yourself with anyone.

41. Don’t seek or expect praise or pity from anyone.

42. We don’t judge anyone for anything.

43. Don’t try to convince anyone of anything.

44. Don’t defend or justify yourself.

45. Be defined and bound by God alone.

46. Accept criticism gratefully but test it critically.

47. Give advice to others only when asked or obligated to do so.

48. Do nothing for anyone that they can and should do for themselves.

49. Have a daily schedule of activities, avoiding whim and caprice.

50. Be merciful with yourself and with others.

51. Have no expectations except to be fiercely tempted to your last breath.

52. Focus exclusively on God and light, not on sin and darkness.

53. Endure the trial of yourself and your own faults and sins peacefully, serenely, because you know that God’s mercy is greater than your wretchedness.

54. When we fall, get up immediately and start over.

55. Get help when you need it, without fear and without shame.

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[ingydars]

Mary Oliver, Upstream

#literallyyyyy #mary oliver #on writing #words #how to live

[foodartandotherstuff]

You cannot control the pace of things, I think. By that I mean, to impose a false sense of time on a thing is to strangle it. Let it breathe and flow as it must, as it feels, as it insists. I'm not saying be consumed by a thing, taken over by a force, but rather find your way into a rhythm that feels natural and good and balanced. Some things happen slowly and some fast and some in between. The pace matters less than the intention and the molding, is what I mean.

#yes yes #being philosophical at work #idk why #words #writing #time #how to live #how to be

[dark-wackademia]

I think this is really helpful and realistic. Basically, sums up the last two years of my life. Gaining this understanding of everything.

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[liefst]

Cheryl Strayed, "The ghost ship that didn't carry us", from Tiny Beautiful Things

#cheryl strayed #tiny beautiful things #uploads #how to live

[principleofplenitude]

Even though it’s well-meaning, there’s nothing more disempowering -- and ultimately depressing -- then getting a stipend and being treated like someone who can’t do things. Every single human being I’ve known who lives this way has been hobbled by it, because they never learned how to take responsibility for the big picture of their lives, balancing work choices with income, lifestyle, savings, everything. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BIG PICTURE OF YOUR LIFE IS A SOURCE OF JOY. Ask anyone! It feels great to live in a squalid hut and make art out of beach glass, when you know why you’re suffering and why you’re creating and you believe in where you are and what you’re doing. And maybe for others it feels good to work a soul-sucking but high paying job and rent a beautiful place and eat amazing food, if you view most jobs as meaningless but looooove to eat and travel and dress well, plus you give a lot to charity. The point is, you build your life around your values, principles, and priorities. And when something feels bad, you look closely at it and ask which compromises or adjustments are needed to make life feel better. —Ask Polly

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[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.

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[infpisme]

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one's freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given circumstance. Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

Viktor E. Frankl

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[dramoor]

(Via faithward.org)

#Christian #abide at the feet of Jesus #Christ #Lord God #worship #adore #love #obedience #how to live