Some days are meant to be counted, others are meant to be weighed.
("Eat, Pray, Love")
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Whatever this feeling is- this is what I have been praying for. And this is also what I have been praying to.Elizabeth Gilbert
You know, even I have had work or ideas come through me from a source that I honestly cannot identify. And what is that thing? And how are we to relate to it in a way that will not make us lose our minds, but, in fact, might actually keep us sane?
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Look--I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined lunch?
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But why must everything have a practical application? I'd been such a diligent soldier for years - working, producing, never missing a deadline, taking care of my loved ones, my gums and my credit record, voting, etc. Is this lifetime supposed to be only about duty? In this dark period of loss, did I need any justification for learning Italian other than that it was the only thing I could imagine bringing me any pleasure right now?
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