Majicman Notes

A garden offers the opposite of the disembodied uncertainties of writing. It’s vivid to all the senses, it’s a space of bodily labor, of getting dirty in the best and most literal way, an opportunity… Read more

One day you will wake up & there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. Paulo Coelho Read more

The secret is that everything is always on the line. The more present we are at practice, the more present we will be in competition, in the boardroom, at the exam, the operating table, the… Read more

Colpo di fulmine: Love at first sight! But it literally means a lightning strike. So it’s like you were struck by love! It’s as if love struck you unexpectedly and even as powerfully as a… Read more

We need to keep paying attention to politics however much we would prefer to be doing something else. Vigilance is the price we pay for our freedom.  Benjamin Constant https://oll.libertyfund.org/people/benjamin-constant Read more

Jessica de Bloom & Merly Kosenkranius  https://psyche.co/guides/why-you-should-forget-work-life-balance-in-crafting-a-good-life# Read more

We tend to avoid failure at all costs. But our smarter missteps are worthwhile because they can force us to take a different path that points us toward personal and professional success.  An intelligent failure… Read more

As far as we can discern,the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. There is no pit you cannot climb out of provided you make the… Read more

The extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.  https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/where-to-start-with-iris-murdoch-a-guide-to-her-best-novels Read more

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the… Read more