Live life of choosing

Live a life of choosing, not one that is chosen for us.

(I've heard something along these lines for sure but the wording above is my own).

Cooked notes

"In ancient Greece, the word for cook, buther and priest was the same--mageiros--and the word shared a root w "magic". p. 4

Eat that frog!

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

Heaven under our feet...

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” Thoreau

Mandela quotes

"I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles." - Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013 “It always seems impossible until it's done.” "Courage is not absence of fear, but triumph over it." "There is no passion to be found playing small in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."

Life is in the climb

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Pirsig, Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance #quote

Life is in the places in between.
Life is in struggle.
Life is in the journey.
Life is in the moment.
Life is in the climb.

How do we balance the need to have goals, work toward them, while not getting so caught up in thinking about some better future state that we don't live in the moment?