This was beautifully written. You put into words a lot of the feelings I’ve experienced but haven’t been able to pinpoint or explain. I find many of us fall into this trap of “there’s something better out there” be it relationship, work, place we live etc. sometimes we need to have that feeling of regret to really appreciate that what we had was rare. Thank you for sharing such a personal story. I really enjoyed reading it
thank you so much for the kind words, katarina. you're right – i wasn't able to truly appreciate what i had then until now, years (and relationships) later.
Love this piece. Really well written and made me think about the sheer rarity of love… and also the fact that it does come around in life a few times and not to think about soul mates like there is only one out there for us, but rather many!
thank you for the kind words india! that means a lot coming from you. yes – the idea that love isn’t singular or scarce, but something that can arrive in different forms at different times feels both reassuring and expansive to me too.
to your points: I think it's important to listen to our intuition. If you're ambitious, there's (often) a never-ending desire for more, more possibilities, more people, more places, more experiences, a ceaseless desire to keep moving
I think it's important to know the inverse: enough. A place, job, hobby, person, that is more than enough for where I want to grow and is waiting for me to put fourth effort and make it something special. I've put more intention into recognizing this emotion as well as the former one, because as you said it is rare, and it's important to be able to pause and recognize when it
thanks for sharing your thoughts, sasha. what you said about recognizing the 'enough' really resonates with me – there's a deeper thought in there about balancing desire/ambition with commitment, recognizing when something is enough, and the sacred act of *choosing* to commit to it. this piece from david perell comes to mind: https://perell.com/essay/hugging-the-x-axis
Such a beautifully written essay and an important lesson that I've learned the hard way myself. I think Murphy's law has gotten me more than a few times! Thanks for sharing this Kora, really powerful.
thank you for the support as always bennett – and for the feedback that helped me bring it to the finish line! appreciate you and merry christmas my friend :)
This was beautifully written. You put into words a lot of the feelings I’ve experienced but haven’t been able to pinpoint or explain. I find many of us fall into this trap of “there’s something better out there” be it relationship, work, place we live etc. sometimes we need to have that feeling of regret to really appreciate that what we had was rare. Thank you for sharing such a personal story. I really enjoyed reading it
thank you so much for the kind words, katarina. you're right – i wasn't able to truly appreciate what i had then until now, years (and relationships) later.
wishing you a lovely holiday season! :)
A beautiful reminder to live slow and to soak in every moment we’re gifted on this heaven! 💫
Love this piece. Really well written and made me think about the sheer rarity of love… and also the fact that it does come around in life a few times and not to think about soul mates like there is only one out there for us, but rather many!
thank you for the kind words india! that means a lot coming from you. yes – the idea that love isn’t singular or scarce, but something that can arrive in different forms at different times feels both reassuring and expansive to me too.
absolutely. Well said.
thanks and likewise! hope ya get a nice winter paddle out if you're somewhere warm :)
to your points: I think it's important to listen to our intuition. If you're ambitious, there's (often) a never-ending desire for more, more possibilities, more people, more places, more experiences, a ceaseless desire to keep moving
I think it's important to know the inverse: enough. A place, job, hobby, person, that is more than enough for where I want to grow and is waiting for me to put fourth effort and make it something special. I've put more intention into recognizing this emotion as well as the former one, because as you said it is rare, and it's important to be able to pause and recognize when it
thanks for articulating this Kora! great piece
thanks for sharing your thoughts, sasha. what you said about recognizing the 'enough' really resonates with me – there's a deeper thought in there about balancing desire/ambition with commitment, recognizing when something is enough, and the sacred act of *choosing* to commit to it. this piece from david perell comes to mind: https://perell.com/essay/hugging-the-x-axis
merry christmas, my friend!
Such a beautifully written essay and an important lesson that I've learned the hard way myself. I think Murphy's law has gotten me more than a few times! Thanks for sharing this Kora, really powerful.
thank you for the support as always bennett – and for the feedback that helped me bring it to the finish line! appreciate you and merry christmas my friend :)
Happy to help anytime! Merry Christmas and a very happy new year Kora!