Too Much Self
Self-consciousness and self-absorption consume the attention required to make a life. When all we do is monitor ourselves, we stop participating in reality and miss what life is trying to offer.
The Wrong Culture Will Convince You It’s You
Some cultures protect possibility. Others slowly convince us to reduce ourselves to what they can tolerate. Isolation is not always personal. Sometimes it’s environmental.
Destruction Is a Hell of a Drug
It’s easier than we think to create experiences that are bad for us, addictively bad, but that feel good. The nervous system does not morally distinguish between expansion and depravity.
Shrink The World
Every day, there is something at stake. We can use this awareness, not to scare us, but to keep us from squandering our lives.
Waiting To Start
We live up to the gift of our lives by expressing our rarity. We are each someone who has never existed and never will again. To sacrifice what is distinct about us…
What We Pay Attention To Is Who We Are
Our attention is the currency with which we buy the life we desire. Our intentions set the direction. Attention carries it out. Every hour of attention is a purchase.