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Perception

Photo by Etienne Boulanger on Unsplash There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means. Ryan Holiday
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Being and becoming

Photo by Eran Menashri on Unsplash The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen

The way it actually works is the reverse

Photo by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you really need to do, in order to have what you want. Margaret Young

What's bad for the hive is bad for the bee (Marcus Aurelius)

 

Joy and happiness

Photo by Ryan Moreno on Unsplash Joy seems to me a step beyond happiness. Happiness is a sort of atmosphere you can live in sometimes when you're lucky. Joy is a light that fills you will hope and faith and love. Adela Rogers St. John

Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue (Zeno)

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A nice legacy

Brightening people's lives, giving them some comfort and delivering with a light touch would be a nice legacy too, but I'm still the guy singing harmony, washing dishes with my mum. Neil Finn (answering the question about how he'd like to be remembered in Mojo magazine #367)