live instead of exist
I have been trying to figure out

what this means to me exactly. On the most basic level it is doing things I feel a passion for instead of only doing things I have to do. But to find out what those passions are, or which of them are the most important ones – well, I guess that’s what I’m trying to do here on 43T.

Sometimes this means not doing anything at all, letting go of all the demands of life for a while and enjoying the moment. I don’t always have to be running towards something to feel I’m living. Every now and then it is good to let life be as it is instead of constantly trying to change things and make them better. A lot of what I have is already good. Life is not a project, it’s a wonderful mystery. That is something I could remind myself of more often.



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How beautifully put -

“one shouldn’t attempt to unravel that mystery but simply acknowledge it, stand shoulder-to-shoulder with it and let it breathe its own air”. That’s exactly it.

Mallarmé has written that all things that are sacred and that wish to remain so swathe themselves in mystery. It is so important, that sense of mystery. It keeps us wondering, and without wonder what would there be.


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