A lost wanderer

How do we survive as opposed to escape the labyrinth of suffering?

[unseenmonstermuse]

The older I get, the more I realize, I don’t want a busy life. I want a deep life. Slow mornings. Focused work. Calm people. Meaningful progress. Good books. A quiet mind at night. Nothing flashy. Nothing trendy. Just a life that feels good to live. Depth over noise. That'll do.

[alostwnderer]

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[alostwnderer]

True loneliness does not begin in the absence of people, but in the moment a man sees through every mask and can no longer pretend.

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

[alostwnderer]

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A man wastes his life preparing for a future that was never promised, while the only life he truly owns passes quietly through his hands.

— Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

[alostwnderer]

All my life I've been trying to find a place where I can belong, and all my life I've known that no such place exists.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

[alostwnderer]

The men who became wise before their time, never had love in their destiny.

— Osho

[weltenwellen]

Taking Care  Callista Buchen

[alostwnderer]

How brightly shall I burn, to escape the guilt of the darkness I once carried, how loud shall my anger be, so that none can hear the crack of my heart beneath. how far shall I hide, so I become a little more lovable than I seem to be?

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And now the cage is open, and the bird refuses to fly.

[alostwnderer]

[alostwnderer]

Treat everyone like they are wearing a wire.

[primulaceas]

John Steinbeck, East of Eden