In the end, our questions are simple

chandresh 🪴

There are a few questions I ask and I answer to myself. I found them along the way, they made it a little easier to be.

Are you happy?
Did you live fully?
What are you afraid of?

Sometimes. I used to confine my thoughts to only happy moments and answer the first question always as ‘yes’ and it would make sense. Now it needs more, now I let my memory replay anything it wants to, any feeling that it can think of, and this feels better.

Yes. I have lived every moment with my whole heart. Whether it was good for me, it hurt someone, things became tough, or I needed help. When I’m drinking water, sleeping, listening to the wind, taking in the shade, and eating chips, I do it with my body and mind.

Nothing. Even when I first answered this question, it was simple. Now and then, I get scared, when a car drives by at speed while crossing the road, when a movie or book captures a thrilling scene. These momentary feelings pass with nothing left behind and so the answer remains.

Whenever I think of these questions, I ask and I answer. There is a way to say ‘it’s complicated or it depends’, to say ‘maybe or I don’t know’, to deflect. For as long as I remember, I have accepted the end of life, and I’m glad for that. And yes, I lived.

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Commented 2 years ago

What’s a phrase or thought or saying that you think about often?

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enjoyment is the secret ingredient to stable attention

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spend your time and energy on what you want to see more of

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desire is a contract you make to be unhappy until you get what you want

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Commented 2 years ago

@moar memorable phrases

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MOAR
Commented 2 years ago

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adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 2 years ago

Phrases I like from the Devops/agile world: Make it safe-to-fail Steering wheel is useless if you aren’t moving The better the brakes, the faster you can go

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I like the last one 😁

adrienneFarcaster
adrienne
Commented 2 years ago

More: If it hurts, do it more often! (Referred to software deployments but widely applicable to all aspects of life) Growth and comfort do not coexist

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JonFarcaster
Jon
Commented 2 years ago

Play offense. Work, life, whatever. Keep moving.

Colin Johnson 💭Farcaster
Colin Johnson 💭
Commented 2 years ago

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you are correct.

Aaina Farcaster
Aaina
Commented 2 years ago

she believed she could, so she did

Nick SmithFarcaster
Nick Smith
Commented 2 years ago

Buy cheap, buy twice

vincentFarcaster
vincent
Commented 2 years ago

this is good

DannyFarcaster
Danny
Commented 2 years ago

Buy once, cry once.

Mac Budkowski ᵏFarcaster
Mac Budkowski ᵏ
Commented 2 years ago

Play stupid games win stupid prizes

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Play infinite games win infinite prizes

Phil CockfieldFarcaster
Phil Cockfield
Commented 2 years ago

↑ “If what we fight with is small, when we win, it also makes us small" - Rainer Maria Rilke (In reference to Jacob wrestling the angel, Genesis)

Mac Budkowski ᵏFarcaster
Mac Budkowski ᵏ
Commented 2 years ago

Didn't know that quote, good one!

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tomu
Commented 2 years ago

smth I’ve been thinking a lot yesterday

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Joshua Fisher ⌐◨-◨
Commented 2 years ago

Common sense isn’t that common

In the end, our questions are simple