We need beauty in this life, we can’t spend all day long thinking about the same usual stuffs: our minds deserve a break from the habits. Here it is, a collection of magic bullets or words of wisdom, just to take some time for ourselves.
One poem:
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in [...]
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever [...]
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin’ lazy at the sea,
There’s a Burma girl a-settin’, and I know she thinks o’ me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
“Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!”
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the [...]
I’m gonna move to Tunis (Tunisia) on Saturday and I will be there for 3 months thanks to an AIESEC internship. Right now I’m suffering a lack of inspiration so I’m going to share one of my fave poems…enjoy!
“As you set out for Ithaca
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians, [...]
Music is one of the most beautiful things that we have in our lives. It makes us happy and sad, with music we can touch the sky and fly with our senses and our immagination. So it’s time to write down a good set of albums for your next travel!
1 Rodrigo y Gabriela: Diablo Rojo [...]
I’ve discovered Lin Yutang after reading “How to be Idle” by Tom Hodkingson, a very interesting book about fully living our life, taking time for thinking and enjoy the pleasure that this life offers us. So I made some research about Lin Yutang and I’ve found this excerpt about “The Cult of Idleness” and I’d [...]
Dies Slowly,
He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not experience,
dies slowly.
He or she who shuns passion,
who prefers black on white,
dotting [...]
One of the best choice ever that I’ve done in my life was applying as volunteer for a workcamp abroad. It’s probably one of the cheapest way to travel, meet new cool people and, in the same time, help our planet.
I’ve done two work camps, one in Germany in 2006 and the last one in [...]
Here at Thesundownerslist.com we are always looking for inspiration to live better and have an impact in the world. So, surfing the Internet, I’ve found these “17 Quotes On Living and Doing” and I’d like to share them with you.
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