A piece of wisdom from
December 18, 2020 · Friday
The quote
“I collapsed at my desk. I broke my cheekbone. I had been working ninety-hour weeks and called it dedication. The collapse was the most important thing that ever happened to me — because it was the start of treating my body as a thing that mattered.”
— Arianna Huffington · Burnout
The concept
Ikigai
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Ikigai (þöƒÒüìþö▓µûÉ) is the reason you wake up in the morning. It lives at the meeting point of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Discover yours ÔÇö practically, not theoretically.…
A practice for today
When the next difficult feeling arrives, ask yourself: the lesson of Ikigai. The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 3.21
यद्यदाचरति श्रेष्ठस्तत्तदेवेतरो जनः। स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस्तदनुवर्तते॥
“Whatever a great person does, others follow. Whatever standard they set, the world pursues.”
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