Philosophical ideas to get through hard times

Yep I agree.
I say to my DCs
Perfection is the enemy
Along the same lines really

I always like these first lines from Philip Larkin
"The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said"
Full poem here www.goodreads.com/quotes/696925-the-trees-are-coming-into-leaf-like-something-almost-being

Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

Thanks May and Trisher.

"Don't set your mind on things you don't possess..... but count the blessing you actually possess and think how much you would desire them if they were not already yours."
- Marcus Aurelius.

There is much time to think these days and our minds can turn to problems that beset everyone but to use your mind to think of one good thing you have and just to be truly grateful for that.
Take care today as best we can.
Dawn.

Have long appreciated Cicero's 'all you need is a library and a garden'. As a country, lets hope we move towards giving more people access to these things.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand. — Mark Twain

“The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world.” ― Marianne Williamson

"Worse than war is the fear of war."
- Seneca

= explanation of modern term of anticipatory anxiety.

Not to worry about anything. It is bed time now.
Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

No legacy so rich as honesty
SHAKESPEARE
night night

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. "
-Ellen Parr

Less to do these days. Maybe too much time to think. Not so good. Trying to put good things into my mind and yes there is everything to be curious about. Literally everything.
Take care today.
Dawn.

Hope you slept the
Sleep of the just last night.
Dawn

I know why the caged bird sings
Maya Angelou

"Choose to be optimistic. It feels better."
- Dalai Lama XIV.

Good to remember this.

Am going to look up that quote above May. Thank you. I like Maya Angelou. A font of hard graft women's wisdom.

Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

Good morning Dawn
Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud
MAYA Angelou

Thanks May. Good gem.?

"You cannot awaken (become aware) in your comfort zone. You can only awaken out of your comfort zone. This is a time for opportunity. Use it. What looks bad has actually an essential purpose. "

- Eckhart Tolle

"Life is but what you deem it. "
- Marcus Aurelius.

And so it is the hope that we can bring about what we want for ourselves. But life gets in the way of that. Live as good as we can, the best that we can. I love this old wisdom but it is sure hard to put it into practice .
Take care. Dawn

When we can no longer change a situation we are challenged to change ourselves.
Victor Frankl.

Good night all.
Sleep the sleep of the just.
-Anon.

Night night

Life is a jest, and all things show it;
I thought so once, and now I know it.

John Gay's epitaph

That's how I feel today
Night night xx

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain and he forgets to live.
- Jean de La Bruyere.

Utter truth in what he says yet we can try and prove him wrong by living our lives to the best of our ability.

Sleep well one and all.
"Sleep the sleep of the just." Anon.

Night night too May ?

"Nobody can hurt you without your permission. "
- Mahatma Ghandi.

Good night.
Sleep the sleep of the just. Anon.

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”
Night night

"My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks and being depressed."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

I am sure there are people who can identify with this at the current time.
Take care one and all.