trying to find the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything – one day at a time
Who I am doesn't matter. What I will do to make the world a better place matters.
I've realised that the ultimate answer to life does not lie in the destination, but in the journey.
I am curious, hard working, gritty, humble, funny, enthusiastic, caring and mature.
I'm an eternal optimist and a diehard romantic. I refuse to let fools change my approach towards life.
I want to live a life less ordinary more epic.
Things I've tried to balance at some point in my life.
Mind, body and soul
Growing up and being in touch with your inner child.
Understanding something and having faith
Chaos and tranquility
I and the world
Family and friends
Thought and action
Thinking slow and acting fast (and vice versa)
Thinking wide and thinking deep
Rules and exceptions
Listening and speaking up
Wisdom and craziness
Balance and extremes
Man and machine
Courage and fear
Change and stability
Cutting your losses and persevering
Form and function
War with yourself and peace with others (and vice versa)
Winning and losing
Losing the war but not losing the lesson
Poetry and irony
Switching on and shutting down
Speed and precision
Consumption and production
Giving and taking
Young and old
Harmony and distress
Structure and chaos
Black and white
Crying alone and laughing with others (and vice versa)
Losing your self and finding yourself
Solitude and being comfortable with each other's silence
Independence and support
Simplicity and complexity
Falling in love with someone and loving yourself more every day
Zero to one and one to infinity (and back to zero)
Freedom and restraint
Love and indifference
Knowledge and ignorance
Size and agility
Experience and fresh blood
Hello and goodbye
Half empty and half full
Making your own mistakes and learning from others’ mistakes
Memories and dreams
Learning and teaching
Life and death (and living on even after you die)
Feeling complete and staying incomplete
To a better place where you can be yourself without fear of being judged.
To a better place where you can act without fear of failure.
To a better place where you can laugh wholeheartedly.
To a better place where you can heal.
To a better place where you can find your balance.
To a better place where you can do the right thing no matter what the cost, even when no one is watching.
To a better place where you can get up every time you fall.
To a better place where you can sleep peacefully.
To a better place where you feel compassion for everyone without exception.
To a better place where you can eventually breathe your last with your heart as light as a feather because you know that you did all you could to make this world a better place.
These are my thoughts when I was trying to find the answer to the ultimate question. Everyone has their own reality and their own set of ultimate questions and corresponding answers.
I’m sharing mine with the hope that it helps you avoid some mistakes as you go through the ultimate journey that we call life.
Who I am doesn't matter. What I will do to make the world a better place matters. The ultimate answer doesn't matter. The journey you take to find your answers matters.
Never stop learning. What you learn about yourself and the world around you matters. The experiences you have matter.
It’s okay to ask for help. It’s okay to say “I don't know”.
As long as you’ve really understood the actual nature of the mistakes you made and learnt from them. It’s okay to lose the war, don’t lose the lesson.
Sometimes we’re in a hurry to say sorry. We’re in a hurry to be forgiven. We apologize for the wrong thing. This hurts the other person even more, because they feel that we never understood them. You can’t rush the other person to forgive you. Seek forgiveness and give it time.
Don’t panic. Relax. Give your wounds time to heal. Find your balance.
It'll get tougher and tougher, until it becomes very easy. Keep at it. Don't give up. Try again. You fail only when you stop trying.