Be not afraid of life, for it is only…

Page 83. Be not afraid of life, for it is only in risking ourselves that we find out what we can become. It is far Easier To live on the edge, so to speak, if your wife protects you from distraction and triviality. Living life in tension Can be deeply meaningful. When confronted with a world of possibility and given the choice about its future, he was struck by a willingness to do and suffer anything, which translates it south physically by a kind stinging pain inside my breast bone and which although is a mere mood or emotion authenticate itself to me as a deepest principle of all. Human existence matters most when we set goals and strive for undetermined outcomes. Maybe we will fail. Maybe not. But in either case, it will be our failure and our triumph, and that ownership matters.

— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · Sick Souls, Healthy Minds- How William James Can Save Your Life by John Kaag

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