life

I am rooted, but I flow.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Wrong decisions are part of life. Being able to make them work anyway is one of the abilities of those who are successful.

I can’t be everything to everyone. I kind of made peace with it years ago—that at this particular phase of my life, this is what I need and this is what I want. It’s also the reason why I’m very particular about who I spend my time with because I do believe that there are genuinely energy vampires and energy catalysts in humans.

It’s easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to think your way into a new way of acting. 

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

The late Japanese puzzlemaker Maki Kaji expresses [the process of solving a puzzle] in beautifully succinct and poetic way:

? → !

Bafflement, wrestling, solution! That is the arc of puzzling— as well as much of art and life itself. (Side note: Has there ever been more brilliantly designed punctuation than the question mark turns and mystery. The exclamation point—so assertive and aggressive and final!)