It's part organization, part soul-searching, part dream-weaving.

Notice that there is no happiness store. It’s not because it can’t be bought; it’s because happiness can’t be owned.

如果旅程本身就是目的地，就如同那些熱情擁抱當下的人常說的，我們必須學習如何成為更好的旅人。要成為更好的旅人，首先要找到自己的定位。現在的你身在何處？你希望待在這裡嗎？如果答案是否定的，那麼你想要前往何處？

No longer satisfied with what we already have, we treat our withdrawal pains by incrementally upping the dosage. More shoes, more booze, more sex, more food, more "likes," just more. This phenomenon is known as hedonic adaptation>

Writing down this mission statement is also a great way to "wake the page". That's the term I use to describe the act of marking the page for the first time. It's the moment when thought transcends the distance between our inner and outer world, and we breathe life into our ideas.

There never as been, nor will there ever be, another like you. Your singular perspective may patch some small hole in the vast tattered fabric of humanity. Uniqueness alone, however, does not make you valuable. If you don't do, if you don't dare, then you rob the world -- and yourself--of the chance to contribute something meaningful.

我們很容易忘記，可以做某件事，不代表就應該要去做這件事。

It's not about living a perfect life, an easy life, or getting things right all the time. It's not even about being happy, though joy often greets you along this path. Leading an intentional life is about keeping your actions aligned with your beliefs. It's about penning a story that you believe in and that you can be proud of.

No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not enitrely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action.

忙碌的生活容易讓我們的信念與言行分離。就像水一樣，我們傾向於選擇阻力最小的那條路徑。我們很難在每一天的忙碌中，養成新習慣。但是任何一位運動員都會告訴你，你得一再經歷肌肉撕裂與重新鍛鍊的過程。就像鍛鍊肌肉，我們也需要訓練、強化有意識的行動。