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If you eat the same food over and over and over again it eventually tastes bland.



>TheSpiceIsLife

Does it? Don't you hone your perception and you are able to taste subtle differences instead of getting a kick from its novelty?


Ah, yes.

It depends what you’re trying to see, right?

Eventually your senses will be saturated by the mundane, physical realm.

True happiness lies in contentedness.

To be content is to have enough; to be full.

Only when we realise we are full—when we see we were born full—are we ready, willing, and able, to give.

Only through giving can we become full.

To give is to be content.


We're definitely spoiled.

The first iPhone was very impactful. Now everybody has something much better on their pockets and it's just meh.


Like I keep saying:

I hope when I’m on my deathbed I remember to say something like:

I wish I’d spent more time being frustrated at on-screen keyboards;

Or:

Most of my best writing went unnoticed.

;)




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