Jesuit priest Anthony de Mello reminds us to focus on the magic in front of us: "Think of yourself in a concert hall listening to the strains of the sweetest music when you suddenly remember that you forgot to lock your car. You are anxious about the car, you
“I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed. The more I look at a thing, the
The Insidious Effects of HurryingThe Insidious Effects of Hurrying.pdf583 KBdownload-circle It happened slowly but surely. During my career as an academic surgeon, I became addicted to busyness and urgency, without realizing it was happening, until it seemed like it was too late to do anything about it. The definition
I want to share a small piece from Oliver Burkeman's extraordinary newsletter, The Imperfectionist, that arrived in my inbox today. "These days I’m pretty good at avoiding the trap that’s been called “onedayism” – the tendency to live as if the really important part of life