“We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work”
― Thomas A. Edison
What opportunity have you turned down because it seemed like too much effort?
Fleeting
The joy of bubbles is in their impermanence—the way they disappear when we catch them, or escape and explode out of reach. The fun of a bubble is the fact that you can never keep it.
What do you love because—not in spite—of its impermanence or fragility?
A Monotonous Affair
“The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
How have you chosen to avoid freedom?
Trivial
A manicure is a trivial thing—the world was never saved by pretty painted nails. But a moment of connection between an adult and a child, shared laughter, a point of connection between people who were strangers—those things save the world every day.
What trivial thing has made a big difference in your life?
An Hour of Play
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
― Richard Lingard
What have you discovered about a person through playing together?