for fun they wrote.

when you leave work for the day, if you find yourself asking "do I have to live my whole life like this?" then try the following: wake up a little earlier the next morning, and sit in silence, as if in mediation. breathe in deeply and slowly, and ask yourself how your work is helping others, regardless of how insignificantly or indirectly. as you focus more on others,  you can reconnect with the meaning and  purpose of your work.

because memories are, in essence, thoughts.

don't struggle to heal your wounds.  just pour time into your heart and wait. when your wounds are ready, they will heal on their own.

if we look at it more closely,  we see it's not the situation that is troubling us, but our perspective on it.

when your mind rests, the world also rests.

the world has never complained about how busy it is. as I look deeper into myself to see why I am living such a busy life, I realize that, to a certain extend, I actually enjoy being busy. if I truly wanted to rest, I could decline invitation to teach. but I have welcomed such requests because I enjoy meeting people who want my advice and helping them with what little wisdom I have.

given that the world we see through our mind's eye is limited, if we can train our mind and choose wisely where to focus, then we will be able to experience the world corresponding to the state of our mind.

the world depends on our minds in order to exist, just as our minds depend on the world as the subject of our awareness. put differently, our mind's awareness can be said to bring the world into being. what our mind focuses on becomes our world.

when we look at the outside world, we are looking at only a small part that interests us. the world we see is not the entire universe but a limited one that the mind cares about. however, to our minds, that small world is the entire universe. our reality is not the infinitely stretching cosmos but the small part we choose to focus on.

rather, feelings originate with the mind projecting its subjective experience onto the world. the world isn't inherently joyful or sad; it just is.

compared to the vast world outside, the mind nestled inside the body can feel small, vulnerable, and sometimes powerless... however, the boundary between the mind and the world is actually thin, porous, and ultimately illusory.