Quotes About Experience

La definición de saborear es reconocer que algo es agradable y que estás viviéndolo.

Yes, the night would take energy. But really, what was I saving my energy for? If you want to do something, most likely you will be happy to have done it. Probably you will enjoy vast chunks of the adventure itself too.

The question is just how much. One big adventure and one little adventure creates a good balance. The weekend can feel memorable, and still not come close to being exhausting.

We seized the opportunity to take a grown-ups-only hiking trip in Acadia National Park.

Rich memories can expand time both as they are being created and in the rearview mirror.

Les dije que debían lograr que su vida fuera memorable, que hicieran algo memorable todos los días porque ésa era la única manera de impedir que el tiempo se les escapara de entre las manos.

Before anyone complains that they cannot fathom weekly excursions to another continent, let me clarify some definitions: A big adventure means something that requires a few hours—think half a weekend day. A little adventure could take just an hour or so, and fit on a lunch break or a weekday evening, as long as it is something out of the ordinary.

Implementation questions: What big adventure(s) did you experience this week? What little adventure(s) did you experience this week? What effects did you see in your life from doing something out of the ordinary? What challenges, if any, did you face while implementing this week's strategy? Did anything make it difficult for you to plan adventures into your life, or to have the adventures you planned? How did you address these challenges? If you modified this rule, how did you do so?

can change the experience of a Tuesday, as you stare out at the summer sky, the stars, and the fireflies punctuating the darkness like little adventures can punctuate time.

Planning one big adventure and one little adventure each week can make life feel like less of a grind. But it's not the only way to lighten up, and many of us could use a lot more cheer in the daily experience of our hours. So, after you've gotten into the rhythm of building in adventures, try adding another component: some weekly note of whimsy too. Whimsy

You told us once not to be in such a hurry to grow up, but I don't see any way we could have avoided it. There was always someone out there ready to carve away another chunk of our innocence. Maybe because theirs was already gone and they couldn't stand the sight of our ignorant happiness. Because that's what innocence is, you know. A blissful oblivion of what's coming, of what you'll lose and what you'll gain, and what kind of person you'll grow up to be.

I shut my eyes and feel the memories crowding in again. My breath leaks out and time goes backward with it.

The harder you slam a ball into the ground, the higher it bounces back up... A divorce, a breakup, losing a job, or just feeling seriously down can ground you, rough you up a bit, leave calluses on your feet and grit under your finger nails. But more than that, it leaves you wiser and stronger next time... Life is about experiencing opposites isn't it?

An androgynous mind was not a male mind. It was a mind attuned to the full range of human experience, including the invisible lives of women.

We are not human beings on a spiritual path, but spiritual beings on a human path.

I've buried a husband, I've raised two daughters. I've made my coffee.

When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

But the amazing thing about life, I've finally discovered, is that you really don't learn from past mistakes. You do logically, reasonably, but emotionally not for a second.

He almost died," I pointed out. "Not that I have any other experience of it, but I would guess that when people almost die, their worth automatically goes up, at least to some small degree.

Who ends up with their first real boyfriend? Yeah, no one. - Courtney

Usually the hard stuff you're forced to do makes you learn a lot.

The thing about me and books is that whichever one I'm reading always reminds me of whatever's happening in my life during that time.

Last year I kissed this freshman girl at a pool party and she wouldn't get off my nuts for six months. Which is why my policy is now no psychotics, and no freshmen. The freshmen thing is obviously easy to avoid, while the psychotics pose a bit more of a problem. It's not like girls walk around with "I'm crazy" stamped on their chests.

I traded being heartbroken over one guys for being completely heartbroken over another. And I didn't even get to have any fun in between. No relationship, no sex, not even a good makeout session.