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“It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you…”
I’m reading Jane Eyre for the first time and this quote stopped me in my tracks because of how applicable it is to [...]
“Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.”
-Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements
“Even Lady Downall was the same in some respects. I remember asking her if I could borrow a book from her library to read, and I can see now the surprised look on her face. She said, ‘Yes, of course, certainly you can, Margaret,’ adding, ‘but I didn’t know you read.’ They knew [...]
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty.”
- Louisa May Alcott, [...]
“Teacup” by Beth Weeks - to purchase a print, click here
I’m looking forward to reading Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura because this first page grabbed me and pulled me in. Also, I think I might be a Teaist, which I’m hoping turns out to be a real thing:
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“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves.”
It has taken me a criminally long time to read this amazing book despite being told again and again since probably 9th grade how wonderful it is and how much I will [...]
I really want to learn Spanish but I also really don’t want to spend time or money doing so (unrealistic desires are one of my more annoying qualities). So on a recent trip to the library, I was delighted to find Lonely Planet’s Spanish Phrasebook & Dictionary - this tiny tome packs in a ton of [...]
In elementary school, there was a day when we learned about disabilities. We had to go around to the different disability stations in the classrooms and try to complete tasks with various things making the tasks more difficult. For instance, we had to try to button a shirt with socks on our hands, then practice [...]
A lot of people have read On the Road (and for those of you who haven’t, you should get right on that) but not quite as many know about the amazing haiku Kerouac wrote during his lifetime. In a style labeled “Western Haiku,” Kerouac paints miniature portraits – snapshots, really – of [...]
We believe people don’t perform at their highest levels unless they are having fun doing it.
- Eric Ryan + Adam Lowry, Cofounders of Method, The Method Method
To this weary worker, the ideals espoused in The Method Method of a modern workplace seem dreamy and farfetched. Reading Ryan and Lowry’s [...]
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