You Won’t Remember
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”
― Jack Kerouac
Image: Brennan Burling
Month: May 2019
Greatest Reward
“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.”
– Bill Bryson
Image: A way of life inspired by the rhythm of the sun and sea. – Jeremy Perret
Protecting Yourself
“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
Image: Nathan Dumlao
Tears
“Tears are words the mouth can’t say nor can the heart bear.”
– Joshua Wisenbaker
Image: Tears for the loss of a beloved family member. – Kat J
Broken Heart
“I don’t want to break someone’s heart, but you can’t control that. A broken heart happens; that’s inevitable.”
– Lykke Li
Image: Priscilla Du Preez
Taste Experience to the Utmost
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost …”
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Are there any readers that have figured out their purpose of life? Leave your comments below.
Broken and Whole
“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”
– C. Joybell 
Personality
“The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.”
– Alain de Botton
It’s There
“Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it’s there if you look deep.”
– Taraji P. Henson