“We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may have had some intuition that it was a binge and the earth couldn't support it, but aside from the easy things (biodegradable detergent, slightly smaller cars) we didn't do much. We didn't turn our lives around to prevent it. Our sadness is almost an aesthetic response - appropriate because we have marred a great, mad, profligate work of art, taken a hammer to the most perfectly proportioned of sculptures.” WorldFirstsMayArtEarthTurnsEasyHalfSupportTakenOur LivesSadnessCenturyCarMadResponseProsperityIntuitionEaseAppropriateWorks Of ArtAestheticConsumerismUnbelievableSculptureHammersOverconsumptionEasy ThingsBingeBiodegradable Author:Bill McKibben
“The body stores the trauma of our lives in muscular rigidity, thereby keeping us stuck in the past. When we release the tension in the body and align ourselves with gravity, we take a new stand in life. This allows us to be at ease with ourselves and in harmony in our relationship to others and to our planet.” BodyPastOur LivesPlanetsHarmonyTraumaStoresStuckReleaseEaseTensionGravityOur RelationshipOur PlanetRigidityStuck In The Past Author:Joseph Heller
“First of all, Scripture draws our attention to this, that if we want ease and tranquility in our lives, we should resign ourselves and all that we have to the will of God, and at the same time we should surrender our affections to him as our Conqueror and Overlord.” IfsWantShouldFirstsAttentionOur LivesDrawsAffectionScriptureSurrenderGods WillEaseTranquilityConqueror Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life
“In trusting, we let ourselves go. We know that all kinds of unexpected events may come our way. Our tension eases, our mind and our hearts open spontaneously to be possibilities. It is an ever new state of mind, in the present moment, because we have detached from all we know. But it is also a feeling as old as can be, because, before all betrayals and all disappointments, there was a time in which trusting another was the very substance of our life.” KnowsWayMindHeartKindMayStatesMomentsFeelingsOur LivesEventsPossibilityDisappointmentBetrayalAll KindsSubstanceEaseTensionUnexpectedPresent MomentState Of MindDetachedUnexpected Events Author:Piero Ferrucci
“Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. It is activity that converts human dreams into human reality, and that conversion from idea into actuality gives us a personal value that can come from no other source.” GivingFeelsHumansIdeasSelfDreamRealityActionValuesProcessLevelsOur LivesSourceActivityLaborRewardsFinalsValuableSelf ConfidenceConversionSelf WorthEaseAnalysisSelf RespectActualityPersonal Values Author:Jim Rohn
“The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry business and we're being paid to take risks and look silly. Race car drivers get paid to risk their lives in a more concrete way; we get paid to risk our lives in an emotional way.” WayFeelsLooksLife IsSecretRaceCreativeOur LivesRiskCarEmotionalPaidSillyDirtyEaseDriversConcreteEmbarrassmentLaundryRace CarCreative LifeRace Car DriverDirty Laundry Author:Paul Schrader
“It is a common error, and the greater and more mischievous for being so common, to believe that repentance best becomes and most concerns dying men. Indeed, what is necessary every hour of our life is necessary in the hour of death too, and as long as one lives he will have need of repentance, and therefore it is necessary in the hour of death too; but he who hath constantly exercised himself in it in his health and vigor, will do it with less pain in his sickness and weakness; and he who hath practiced it all his life, will do it with more ease and less perplexity in the hour of his death.” MenNeedsBelieveLongPainLife IsHoursCommonGreaterOur LivesDyingWeaknessConcernErrorsEaseSicknessRepentanceVigorMischievousPerplexity Author:Samuel Johnson
“The morning, when I need to have opinions and answers across the board very quickly, is a constant fight between ease and inspiration, what will make our lives easier versus what will make us excited because we were ambitious.” NeedsInspirationFightingAnswersOpinionMorningOur LivesEasierConstantExcitedEaseBoardsAmbitiousVersus Author:Allison Silverman