24 August · Some parts of you can come along.

Sadness

I miss who I used to be in that part of my life.

A little room to breathe.24 August

Sadness

“Homo ex imagine rei præteritæ aut futuræ eodem Lætitiæ et Tristitiæ affectu afficitur, ac ex imagine rei præsentis.”

English translation

“A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.”

Baruch Spinoza — Ethics, 1677Part 3, proposition 18English translation by R. H. M. Elwes (1884)Read the source ↗

Some parts of you can come along.

Missing a chapter can include missing your own ease, curiosity, or sense of direction within it. Those qualities were influenced by the circumstances, but they were also yours; you can look for small ways to express them in today's life.

ONE SMALL STEP

Choose one quality you miss and give it a small place in your day.

A little room to breathe.24 August

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
of light
in your day.