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That’s the dilemma. Life’s too short for doubt, and yet too long for faith.
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
“The longer I live, the more I realise the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company … a church … a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past … we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string we have, and that is our attitude … I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you … we are in charge of our attitudes.”
“Be wild; that is how to clear the river. The river does not flow in polluted, we manage that. The river does not dry up, we block it. If we want to allow it its freedom, we have to allow our ideational lives to be let loose, to stream, letting anything come, initially censoring nothing. That is creative life. It is made up of divine paradox. To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth. Then the river will flow, then we can stand in the stream of it raining down.”
“Why do you choose to exist?”
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As conscious beings, we each bring something to the world that must be born into the light. Whether one would like to argue for a universe driven by purpose, or a meaningless existence beyond what we ascribe to it, I believe that we have a duty to leave the patch of grass we stand upon better than we found it. We only have one planet, and the way we leave it is our legacy to future generations.
What scares you the most?
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What lies beyond the event horizon of death. To its merit though, it has also endlessly inspired and motivated me to confront life and find joy in the smallest details as well as the larger masterpiece we each contribute to simply by being.
“Life was given to me without my consent… my own existence filled me with astonishment.”
“Life is an in-between state, a bardo where consciousness sees its own reflection in matter.”
When you’ve convinced yourself
…you have lived through the worst and survived, and when others see and have come to rely on that strength, it is the hardest thing to admit life can still break you, or come close to it. I have lost people and experienced some of the most insane situations of my life this week and though a friend remarked, “I can’t believe how calm you are, even now.” I hate feeling that I cannot bear the silence of being alone. I cannot bear realizing that though within I have been in far worst places, that I do not want to yet again confront another trial of the soul. I want out. I want peace.
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“Poke your head up every once in a while. Take a look around. See what’s going on. It’s life. You can miss it if you don’t open your eyes.”
“What do you think will happen in 2012 and how can I prepare?”
I hold no reservations about the future, but a certain Zen proverb comes to mind:
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
It does not matter where or when. Love your fellow human being and leave things better than you found them. Whatever may come, life will go on in some manner or form. Appreciate the moment and live now, as the sages have always done.
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