This year, I decided not to buy books to save some money, so I did my library card and its been very good so far. One of the best things is that I don’t have to choose a single book for read, I normally leave the library with 5 books I am interested about and...
Category: BOOKS
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Find your sparkle
This year I decided to only borrow books from the library instead of buying new ones. No regrets about the books I have bought so far; just finding a way to manage my $$$ better. One thing that I am enjoying about it is that I end up borrowing books I would probably never buy...
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SALTWATTER BUDDHA
Pieces from my last reading: Saltwatter Buddha – A surfer`s quest to find zen on the sea by Jaimal Yogis Zen ”But maybe if I had been calmer, I might have seen other options, might have avoided creating so much worry. Or not. I really don’t know.“ About Thich Nhat Hanh: ”But it wasn’t even...
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Clarity & Connection @yungpueblo
heal yourself, but don’t rush help people, but have boundaries love others, but don’t let them harm you love yourself, but don’t become egotistical stay informed, but don’t overwhelm yourself embrace change, but keep pursuing your goals My reflection: heal yourself, but don’t rush – Process help people, but have boundaries – Boundaries, Saying ”no.”...
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Nagging Vs Teaching
Some ideas from the book ”Big Ideas for Curious Mind” Nagging is like very bad teaching. You are a teacher whenever you help someone else understand something. Remember that if you are being nagged, someone is just trying to teach you something – and remember too, that if you want to explain something to someone...
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Atomic Habits
Last year I also read a book called ”Atomic Habits” by James Clear. It had so much impact on my life! I will make more posts about the book but just to start, here are some quotes from the few first chapters ”We all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of...
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Sometimes people are just unhappy, not mean…
This is from another book I have read last year: ‘’Big Ideas for Curious Minds – An Introduction to Philosophy’’, from the School of Life – www.theschooloflife.com -. The book is designed for children so it just made me love the book even more! One of the ideas discussed in the book is that people...
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The Hygge Manifesto
A friend of mine told me about this book: “The little book of Hygge – The Danish was to live well’’. Here is what I loved about this new concept I came across: Hygge has been called everything from ‘the art of creating intimacy’’, ‘’coziness of the soul’’ and ‘’absence of annoyance’’ to ‘’taking pleasure...