A piece of wisdom from
April 28, 2025 · Monday
The quote
“The leisure gap — between what we have and what we feel we have — is a real measurable thing. The time is there. It is fragmented into pieces too small to do anything with.”
— Brigid Schulte · 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
Notice one moment today when the lesson of Ikigai. The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 2.62
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते। सङ्गात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते॥
“When a person dwells on the objects of the senses, attachment to them is born. From attachment, desire arises. From desire, anger is born.”
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