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A lifeboat on which you find yourself

"You are what you eat" was the phrase when I was growing up. And it's true, isn't it?

But the same goes for everything we do:

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being; it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time; it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself, decades later, still living.

– Annie Dillard

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When there is agitation, look where there is no agitation

I remember being told: 'When there is agitation, look where there is no agitation.' So if you have agitation inside, then go and look at a tree. It’s not agitated. It’s doing what it needs to do. Go and watch the ants work when they’re gathering crumbs. Just look at something that’s working and let it ground you.

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🌦️ Harmony and balance

Plus = Minus, Joseph Albers

Too much of anything is probably a bad thing, variety is the spice of life, and eudaimonia is what we should be aiming for.

Sent from my laptop, perched on a Lisbon balcony overlooking the Tagus.

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