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Daily Touch of Inspirations
April 29th: Washing away the dust of life
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Watch the stars in their courses and imagine yourself running alongside them. Think constantly on the changes of elements into each other, for such thoughts wash away the dust of earthly life. ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.47
When people start to reflect on decisions they're trying to make, they usually change their mind... it requires a lot of courage to take certain steps.
— Paulo Coelho, The Winner Stands Alone —
Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the future.
— Saul Alinsky —
Fate is that thing we cannot avoid. It comes for us despite how we try to run from it. Destiny, on the other hand, is the thing that we must chase, what we must bring to fruition. It's what we strive toward and make true. When bad things happen, the idea of fate make us feel better, whereas taking the time to consider eulogy values help us think more about destiny. Success doesn't come from shrugging off the bad as unchangeable and saying things are already "meant to be," it's the result of chasing the good and writing our own future.
Less fate, more destiny.
—Howard Suber, UCLA Professor (Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science behind why everything you know about success is (mostly) wrong)
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June 6th: When to stick and when to quit
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Think of those who, not by fault of inconsistency but by lack of effort, are too unstable to life as they wish, but only live as they have begun. —Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind, 2.6b
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January 23rd: The truth about money
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Let's pass over to the really rich- how often the occasions they look just like to poor! When they travel abroad they must restrict their baggage, and when haste is necessary, they dismiss their entourage. And those who are in the army, how few of their possessions they get to keep..." —Seneca, On Consolation to Helvia, 12.1.b-2