The self
It’s important not to subscribe to everything we think. We risk limiting ourselves to believing reality’s ceiling is only what we can hold in our hands.
An infinite range of colours exists, but human eyes can only distinguish up to 10 million.
Lately, I’ve been repeating this to myself:
“Every night, lay yourself to rest and leave that version of you behind. When you awake, acknowledge you’ve entered a new day.
With this new day, you are granted new opportunities.
Leave behind yesterday’s assumptions and constraints.
Reinterpret, reimagine, and rebuild the world – and who you are, once more today.
Live today like it’s a second chance at life.”
With this human body and the finite time I have, I’m growing increasingly curious about what I’m capable of. I’m learning that this framing of “life as exploration” is a really fun way to live.
But this way of living requires honesty and discipline. It’s much easier to say “I want to explore what I’m capable of” than to actually push the mind and body to their limits.
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Something else I’ve been repeating to myself:
“I’ve got a long ways to go.”
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know – about myself, the world, or anything life has to offer.
I’m trying not to hold onto things too tightly anymore.
I’d be lying if I said I know what I truly want from this life. I have some general sense, some ideas I’m holding onto, but I really don’t know anything.
What I do know is that I’ll probably go to bed tonight. And if I wake up, I’m awaking into a new day.