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I have a love-hate relationship with ‘quotes.’ Instagram is full of people who think they can become famous by superimposing Emerson’s words on stock photos.
As a result, we are being pelted with knowledge bullets all the time.
This is a blessing and a burden.
The knowledge that normally would be able to penetrate us, no longer can. Our collective immunity to intellect is growing. The constant exposure to wise words has created a sort of vaccination of the mind.
In the search for mindless entertainment, we scroll right past knowledge.
That’s why truths that are wildly unsexy and uninspiring can be the most effective. Because they aren’t cute or stock, they have the potential to infiltrate our distraction and overload.
Here are a few of my favorites:
[*] Everyone dies. No one has ever escaped this journey alive. Neither will anyone you know — your parents, kids, colleagues, friends, even you. We weren’t designed to live forever. Instead of fearing mortality, let it guide you to become a better person, do the work that matters, and cherish the time you have here with the people you love.
