https://nautil.us/is-everyone-the-same-person-1193378/?_sp=59975321-74f2-40a8-afda-defd5218176c.1744719639511 The only way to make sense of our self is to expand it By Hedda Hassel Mørch February 24, 2025 In everyday life, we all take for granted a certain conception of our selves. I think of myself, first, as an entity that endures from one moment to the next; despite all the changes life inevitably brings, I remain the same person over time. Second, I think of myself as a distinct person. ...

You must give if you expect to receive — give happiness, friendship, love, joy, and you will find them floating back to you. Sometimes you will give more than you receive. We all do that in some of our relations, but it is as true a pleasure often to give without return as life can afford us. We must not make bargains with the heart, as we would with the butcher for his meat. Our business is to give what we have to give — what we can get to give. The return we have nothing to do with… One will n...

The Egg By: Andy Weir You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me. And that’s when you met me. “What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?” “You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words. “There was a… a truck ...

February 2 2025 I am very lucky to have you all in my life. I love you all very much. Goodbye, I'm dying. No just joking. Sorry I started off too emotional and employed some shock and awe as a diversion. (I'm a little uncomfortable being vulnerable) I don't know what to say since I don't express myself often or ever. I guess I just wanted to let you (Emman, Adrian, and Zoe) to know that I think of you often and care about you deeply. Y'all are grown into wonderful people and I'm sad tha...

By Antonio Machado Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea. ...

Sāi Wēng lived on the border and he raised horses for a living. One day, he lost one of his prized horses. After hearing of the misfortune, his neighbors felt sorry for him and came to comfort him. But Sāi Wēng simply asked, “How could we know it is not a good thing for me?” After a while, the lost horse returned and with another beautiful horse. The neighbors came over again and congratulated Sāi Wēng on his good fortune. But Sāi Wēng simply asked, “How could we know it is not a bad thing for m...

The Dao that can be understood cannot be the cosmic Dao. An idea that can be expressed in words cannot be the infinite idea. This ineffable Dao was the source of all spirit and matter, And being expressed was the mother of all created things. Therefore not to desire the things of sense is to know the freedom of spirituality. To desire is to learn the limitation of matter. These two things spirit and matter, so different in nature, have the same origin. This unity of origin is the mystery of myst...

By Philip Larkin They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself. ...

Walking in Beauty: Navajo Blessing Way Ceremony In beauty I walk With beauty before me I walk With beauty behind me I walk With beauty above me I walk With beauty around me I walk It has become beauty again Hózhóogo naasháa dooShitsijí’ hózhóogo naasháa dooShikéédéé hózhóogo naasháa dooShideigi hózhóogo naasháa dooT’áá altso shinaagóó hózhóogo naasháa dooHózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’Hózhó náhásdlíí’ Today I will walk out, today everything negative will leave me I w...

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