The older I get, the more I realize how valuable it is to let go of the anchors holding you back.
When someone makes a mistake, forgive them. When someone wrongs you, move on. When someone slights you, let it go. When someone tells you they didn’t mean it, believe them. When someone tries to pull you down, let them go.
Moving forward helps a lot and doesn’t cost a thing.

— Shane Parrish

https://fs.blog/brain-food/october-29-2023/

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Tiny Delights

Brain Food – No. 548 – October 29, 2023 Timeless ideas and insights for life. (Read the archives). Clear Thinking “What we consider defining moments, like promotions or a new house, matter less to life satisfaction than the accumulation of tiny moments that didn’t seem to matter at the time. In the end, everyday moments …

Farnam Street

I came to understand that long before I read it.
— James Stockdale

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You become what you give your attention to …
If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will!

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For a word to be spoken there must be silence.
Both before and after.

— Ursula K LeGuin
via, https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/709990303852019712

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kaiyonohime: “briansfancies: “I’m very concerned that our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence. ” For a word to be spoken there must be silence....

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