“Sometimes I think the people to feel the saddest for are people who are unable to connect with the profound—people such as my boring brother-in-law, a hearty type so concerned with normality and fitting in that he eliminates any possibility of uniqueness for himself and his own personality. I wonder if some day, when he is older, he will wake up and the deeper part of him will realize that he has never allowed himself to truly exist, and he will cry with regret and shame and grief.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsSometimesLawRealizingGriefWonderCryPossibilityBrotherRegretTypePersonalityConcernedWake UpShameProfoundBoringDeeperUniquenessIn-lawsFittingSaddestNormalityHeartyBrother In Law Book:Life After God Source: Life After God
“Now imagine that you are going beneath the surface of the ocean. Below the surface all is calm, silent, and serene. As you visualize yourself going deeper and deeper into the depths of the ocean, feel that a profound peace is entering you.” FeelsImagineOceanSilentProfoundDepthCalmDeeperSurfaceImagine ThatEnteringSereneVisualizationBeneath The SurfaceBelow The Surface Author:Frederick Lenz
“The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.” IfsMenFeelsDoeEarthHe ManDeeperSinkingBalloonsAscending Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“Nothing makes me feel better - calmer, clearer and happier - than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It's actually something deeper than mere happiness: it's joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as 'that kind of happiness that doesn't depend on what happens.” FeelsKindBookHappensMotivationalJoyPiecesDependsConversationMereDeeperFeel BetterMonkCalmerMake Me Feel Better Author:Pico Iyer