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If you are feeling anxious and worried, I would highly suggest picking up any of the books by Thich Nhat Hanh.

I promise that you will lose yourself in the present moment.
You will find yourself in the present moment.

A thread on some of his quotes that inspire me.

(1/n)
"I breathe in and calm my body and breathe out to let out a smile."

What could be simpler than this?
What could be harder than this?

(2/n)
"Happiness is a simple choice to take."

Happiness is a skill. And like any other skill, the more you practice it, the better you get at it.

(3/n)
"I realized that my mind can be either a heaven or hell and it all depends on me."

Watch your thoughts. Don't suppress them. Don't add on to them. Watch them come. Watch them go.

Like balloons in the sky.

(4/n)
"An important lesson I learnt is that the anxiety of the future and the regrets of the past should not cross over my way of living."

You live in the NOW. You live in the present moment.
Don't live out your troubles before they even arrive.

(5/n)
"In those moments when you are upset or dispersed and find it difficult to practice mindfulness, return to your breath: Taking hold of your breath is itself mindfulness."

Your breath is a tool. Use it.

This is mindfulness.
This is meditation.

(6/n)
"Because you are alive, everything is possible."

"I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live."

"Our own life has to be our message."

Nothing to add. It is all already there.

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A thread on my notes and highlights from the book "Letters from a Stoic" by Seneca.

Written in around 65 AD, the book is a literary masterpiece, and has had a great influence on me. I try to re-read it at least once a year.

(1/n)
“For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death's hands.”

The fear should not be of dying. The fear should be of not having lived life enough. We actually die everyday.

(2/n)
“While we are postponing, life speeds by. Nothing, Lucilius, is ours, except time.”

We all have a limited amount of time. Yet, we take it for granted, just because the end point is uncertain.

Would you still take time for granted if you knew when it would end?

(3/n)
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A thread on "How to Say No Effectively" based on notes from the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown.

"Half of the troubles of the life can be traced to saying Yes too quickly and not saying No soon enough" - Josh Billings

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1. Separate the Decision from the Relationship

You are saying No to the particular request, not to the person or your relationship with them. Understanding this separation makes it much easier to say No.

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2. Saying No doesn't have to mean to use the word "No"

Example: "I would love to do this but I am afraid I just don't have the bandwidth"

"I would love to do this but I am overcommitted at the moment"

(3/n)
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Stuck in a 6 hour car ride. Taking this opportunity to read The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.

Going to share my notes and highlights as I read the book. The book itself, obviously, needs no introduction. (1/n)
One page into it, and it is already clear that the book is a literary masterpiece. Have to read a few lines again and again to appreciate the writing.

One such lime follows as Al Mustafa gears to leave the city he has lived in for last 12 years. Right from the first page (2/n)
"Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache."

I cannot comment on these lines. (3/n)
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"Tetapi," kata Thich Nhat Hanh lagi, "sebagian besar dari kita berlaku seolah2 ada tempat lain yang lebih baik yang harus kita tuju."

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Semuanya hanya ingin dengar dan membaca kabar/opini yg mengonfirmasi pendapat diri sendiri.
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45 Days Of @ElvisCostello: a twitter megathread in anticipation of the Oct 12 release date of LOOK NOW, the new LP by Elvis Costello & The Imposters

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I did something similar to this 5 years ago, in anticipation of EC & @theroots' Wise Up Ghost LP, on tumblr.

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