#404 Up and down we go

We’re not able to see almost everything in life and are blind to only a couple of things.

We’re blind to almost everything in life and are able to see only a couple of things.

And of the things we are able to see, we (consciously or subconsciously) focus on an even smaller subset, and then turn a blind eye to the rest.

To live a creative life, there’s no need to create anything new.

Open your eyes, prick up your ears, smell the air, and feel the earth beneath your feet.

Then open your heart, taste your thoughts, sense subtle shifts, and heed the voice in your head.

When you marry your inner and outer world
insights unfurl.

Habit-building isn’t about striving for “the perfect day.”

It’s about making sure that even on the imperfect day when nothing goes your way, you still do enough things that fulfill you.

It’s about making the hard things easier.

And it’s about stacking the deck in your favor and making it inevitable to do things that align with who you want to be.

Before I write, I barely know what I want to write.

The more I write, the more I know what I’m meant to write.

Intention can be there before the practice. But meaning only shows up when YOU show up.

Perfect recall is paralyzing.

Not everything is worth remembering.

And life isn’t better when you’re a bad forgetter.

Maybe life becomes easier to navigate if we remember the fact that we’ll always make mistakes – and the lessons we learn from them – yet forget (forgive) the specific slip-ups we and others make.