Senses working overtime #320

1 Pleasure and happiness

Photo by freestocks on Unsplash

2 Our Land - Langston Hughes 

We should have a land of sun,  Of gorgeous sun,  And a land of fragrant water Where the twilight is a soft bandanna handkerchief Of rose and gold,  And not this land Where life is cold. We should have a land of trees, Of tall thick trees, Bowed down with chattering parrots Brilliant as the day, And not this land where birds are gray. Ah, we should have a land of joy, Of love and joy and wine and song,  And not this land where joy is wrong.

3 In Control - Seth Godin

Is this a want or a need?

Do you know anyone who has managed to gain control over things outside of their grasp? Honking at traffic serves no purpose other than to express a need to control the uncontrollable.

Why do we work so hard to try to capture control over things that are clearly not in our control?

And what would happen if we stopped trying and worked on the things we can influence instead?

4 How ‘Soft Fascination’ Helps Restore Your Tired Brain

5 Being open-minded 

The economist John Kenneth Galbraith on the challenge of being open-minded:

"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof."

Source: Economics, Peace and Laughter

Courtesy of James Clear's newsletter.

Overtime: 

“The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.” – Paramahansa Yogananda