“The trick to creativity, if there is a single useful thing to say about it, is to identify your own peculiar talent and then to settle down to work with it for a good long time.”

—Uncommon Genius – insights from 40 MacArthur “genius” grant recipients.

“You’re just starting out and I shouldn’t lay all this depressing stuff on you. You’ve already decided what you're going to do, and all that’s left is to set the wheels in motion. I mean, it’s your life. Basically, you have to go with what you think is right.”

—Haruki Murakami - Kafka on the Shore

"Don't regret yesterday. It is the perfect compass guiding your journey today. "

Never being able to get past your past is one of the heaviest attitudes a person can live with. If you continue to regret yesterday, all of the regret that you allow yourself to wallow in will do nothing but continue to bring you down, to the point that you are no longer above water. 

Nobody should ever drown in this huge sea of life. There are so many devices, and so many great people that we can learn from and help us to stay afloat in the good times, the bad times, the times we are tired, the times we are stressed, and the times we are happy as well. 

No one should ever leave life with regret, though many do, you don’t have to be a casualty to the regret epidemic. Neither, do you have to be a casualty to the stress epidemic. Live your life. Live your beautiful life, beautifully.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

—Albert Einstein

“''It's so important - Every day we wake up, we're creating our memory. We have to create the best ones we can, even if for one day. Find your goals and take them one step at time. Your happiness and control form responsibility. It takes work and you MUST do things yourself. Don't expect anyone else to do it for you. Don't feel sorry for yourself. I've learned that about myself. I once thought I was under the lion's paw but when I decided to take on responsibility, I became much more free.'' ”

—Eddie Vedder

“Mindfulness is the energy that helps us to be truly present. When you are truly present, you are more in control of situations, you have more love, patience, understanding, and compassion. That strengthens and improves your quality of being. It can be very healing to touch your true nature of no-self. ”

—Thich Nhat Hanh

“The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. ”

—Pema Chödrön

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

—Anne Frank

“It will be the strangest wonder, finding someone with the desire to walk the length of me, to break my codes, to adore my novelties. People don't realize the eroticism of simply being understood. ”

—Karese Burrows
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