“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way…”
-Viktor Frankl
The Japanese Samurai had a rule: never make a decision before you can answer this one question.
In feudal Japan, elite samurai were trained never to act until they could honestly answer one question their masters repeated for decades: "If I die tomorrow, does this choice still matter?"
It wasn't philosophy. It was a mental filter designed to cut through fear, ego, and short-term emotion in seconds.
Most modern decisions are made under invisible pressure: deadlines, social approval, FOMO. The result is a life built on reactions instead of clarity.
When you start applying the samurai question daily, something shifts. Small irritations lose power. Big risks become obvious. You stop chasing things that won't matter next year.
The samurai understood that true strength isn't speed. It's the ability to see clearly when everyone else is rushing.
Sepas que no te guardo rencor, que yo lo sabía desde el principio, que sabía que te iba a perder y que tú nunca ibas a ver en mi lo que yo en ti. Quiero que sepas que te quise desde el primer día y que te sigo queriendo, ahora más que nunca, aunque te pese.
Carlos Ruíz Zafón
“Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.”
-Marcus Aurelius
@veloriahq Dostoevsky mourns the soul. Kafka exposes the machine.
The truth is that ‘forever’ is just the lie we tell ourselves to survive the silence of the present.
We aren't looking for eternity; we’re just looking for a distraction that doesn't expire. 🌑
Dijo una vez Don Quijote de la Mancha:
"El ser humano se esclaviza por el lujo y las vanidades, persiguiendo riquezas como si en ellas encontrara la dicha.
Mas no advierte que, cuanto más tiene, más teme perderlo, y en esa angustia se le escapa la verdadera felicidad.
Porque la dicha no está en el oro ni en la opulencia, sino en la brisa que acaricia el rostro, en la risa sincera de un amigo, en el pan compartido con gratitud.
¡Necio es aquel que busca en lo externo lo que solo el alma puede hallar!
La vida sencilla es el mayor tesoro, y quien la comprende, es el más afortunado de los hombres."
Aquí puedes aprender a ganarte muy bien la vida con X: https://t.co/fJDtmmZL6Z
“The more you understand this world, the more you destroy yourself. That's why fools are happy, and intelligent people live in loneliness.”
- Fyodor Dostoevsky