Category: best things / quotes / words of wisdom
The hidden power of smiling
one smile can generate the same level of brain stimulation as up to 2,000 bars of chocolate.
On desiring a life
And to tell the truth I don’t want to let go of the wrists of idleness, I don’t want to sell my life for money, I don’t even want to come in out of the rain.
– Mary Oliver, from “Black Oaks”
https://llleighsmith.tumblr.com/post/188332883266/today-is-a-day-like-any-other-twenty-four-hours
On having an impact
having an impact requires a decade of moving the ball forward one yard every day, sometimes in a very mundane way, through multi-year ups and downs.
https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1168200744815738881
On humans, plans and mistakes
Every once in a while, the story you have been working so hard on will fall apart on you, and you’ll remember that life is impossible, and you were dumb to try, and you’ll never make that mistake again. But sometimes story trouble is the best thing that can happen to you. Because when you rely entirely on your original plan, it’s easy to forget just how complicated and contradictory humans can be. Your mistakes and missteps are here to tell you that, if you can just keep from panicking, your story might follow a path you could never have even imagined.
Source: Tim Howard – Transom