“Who will write the story of what could have been? That, if someone writes it, Will be the true history of humanity. What exists is the real world—not us, just the world. We are, in reality, what doesn’t exist. I am who I failed to be.”
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Fernando Pessoa
We don’t grow older, we grow riper.
- Pablo Picasso
Understanding and love aren’t two separate things, they’re just one. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The real sign of accomplishment is the decreasing of your afflictive emotions, and that your mind is becoming more peaceful. ~ Yangthang Rinpoche
"Nature is playful and terrible. Some see the playful side and dally with it and let it sparkle. Others see the horror and cover their heads and are more dead than alive. The way does not lead between both, but embraces both. It is both cheerful play and cold horror."
C. G. Jung. “The Red Book”, p. 288, footnote 141
You’re witnessing the Universe’s frescos on the humble person of Jupiter. On the last photo, you observe a love story between the magnetic field of a pole and charged particules of the deep wild space. Their rotative dance is so passionate that it glows, crowning Jupiter of their love.
there is no audience to perform for, there is no approval, no admiration to attain. there is no role worth playing, there is no one to convince. let it go