#carp

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ... ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#inspirational #life #seize-the-day #inspirational

Do anything, but let it produce joy. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#enjoy-life #live-life #life

Allow yourself to enjoy each happy moment in your life. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#happiness #inspirational #life #self-love #inspirational

The word ‘sin’ is derived from the Indo-European root ‘es-,’ meaning ‘to be.’ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person] trapped in patriarchy, which is the religion of the entire planet, ‘to be’ in the fullest sense is ‘to sin'. ↗

— Mary Daly

#christianity #etymology #feminism #life #patriarchy

And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn't come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and pavement cafes. To enjoy just being somewhere, rather than rushing from somewhere, to somewhere. Inhaling deep lungfuls of air, instead of my usual shallow breaths. I take a moment to just stop and look around me. And smile to myself. For the first time in a long time, I can, quite literally, smell the coffee. ↗

— Alexandra Potter

#enjoy-life #inspirational #live-life-in-the-moment #no-stress #relax

Looking back on my life, I sigh. The caprice of youth goes with the wind, I’ve no regrets. ↗

— Roman Payne

#carpe-diem #great #learning #life #life-lessons

Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, and whatever days fortune will give, count them as profit. ↗

— Horace

#enjoyment #future #life #present #life

It's All About The Ride ↗

— Nicholas A. Cress

#carpe-diem-inspirational #enjoy #live-in-the-moment #live-life #inspirational

I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#love #love

Real men can carry carpets, Claire. Keep that in mind when looking for a husband. ↗

— Isaac of Nineveh

#husband #men