8.18.25

Thought

We are always living in expectation of better things, while at the same time we often repent and long to have the past back again. We look upon the present as something to be put up with while it lasts, and serving only as the way towards our goal. Hence most people, if they glance back when they come to the end of life, will find that all along they have been living ad interim: they will be surprised to find that the very thing they disregarded and let slip by unenjoyed was just their life-that is to say, it was the very thing in the expectation of which they lived Of how many a man may it not be said that hope made a fool of him until he danced into the arms of death!

– Schopenhauer, Essays of Schopenhauer

Quote

Rumi on acceptance: 

“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.”

Intention of the Day 

My intention is to speak with kindness and act with love in all situations.

What’s your intention today? 

Happy Monday,

Val