There is no passion in playing small

There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less then the one you are capable of living.

Nelson Mandela

Life as a good book

"I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense." 

 Harold Kushner

Sing, dance, write poems and suffer and understand

"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.  

That s why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, 

that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and 

understand, for all that is life."

~~  Jiddu Krishnamurti

Tiny beautiful things. Advice on Life and Love from someone who's been there

Rich with humor, insight, compassion - and absolute honesty - Tiny Beautiful Things is a balm for everything life throws our way, administered by the author of the New York Times-bestselling memoir, Wild.

Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you, you lose a family member, you can't pay the bills. 

But it can be pretty great, too: you've had the hottest sex of your life, you get that plum job, you muster the courage to write your novel. 

Everyday across the world, people go through the full and glorious gamut of life - but sometimes, a little advice is needed. 

For several years, thousands turned to Cheryl Strayed, a then-anonymous internet Agony Aunt. But unlike most Agony Aunts, this one's advice was spun from genuine compassion and informed by a wealth of personal experience - experience that was sometimes tragic and sometimes tender, often hilarious and often heartbreaking. 

Having successfully battled her own demons while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Cheryl Strayed sat down to answer the letters of the frightened, the anxious, the confused; and with each gem-like correspondence - of which the best are collected in this volume - she proved to be the perfect guide for those who had got a little lost in life.

About the Author

Cheryl Strayed is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Torch, the huge New York Times-bestselling memoir Wild and the collection of essays Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who's Been There. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Allure and The Rumpus. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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The web of life owes life to none and freely offers it to all.

It is not a force challenging us to battle,

but a sacred and powerful partner calling us to join in the dance.

                                                                                                              ~  David Christopher

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.  

~  Aart van der Leeuw

Understand the whole of life, not just one little part

Tim Minchin to the students of The University of Western Australia - brilliant!

Tim Minchin, the former UWA arts student described as "sublimely talented, witty, smart and unabashedly offensive" in a musical career that has taken the world by storm, is awarded an honorary doctorate by The University of Western Australia.


 

Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not that you have no reason for living. 

-- Tom O'Connor

Thought for the Day

"Joy is how the universe reminds you that you're alive."

Marc Rosenbush


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