Myq Kaplan

"Italy is known for tomatoes. Thailand for chilies. Germany for sauerkraut.

But tomatoes originated in Peru. Thailand imported chilies from Central America. Sauerkraut started in China.

Everything is a remix—and the world is better for it. Share what you know. Learn from others."

James Clear

Author Mary H.K. Choi on the importance of not waiting: "It doesn’t get any less scary. All that happens is that you have less life left. It helps if you do your falling early, and it really helps if you do your reaching early."

"For a few weeks, I started each morning by writing “What do I actually want?” at the top of a blank page. ​

It’s surprising how useful it is to keep asking the same question. Each time, my answer became more precise. ​

Once I knew what I wanted, I turned it into action steps."

James Clear

Poet Mary Oliver on allowing yourself to be happy and full: "If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it. ...whatever it is, don’t be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb."

A Buddhist saying on the ineffectiveness of anger: "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else — you are the one who gets burned."

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. —Antoine de Saint-Exupery

True story from Gus:

Great Tibetan practitioners, when they die, they stay in meditation for days or even weeks after their breath stops. (This is a common thing, not, like, a legend.) They stay sitting erect and their body emits a pleasant smell. Then the moment their meditation is done, the most subtle mind leaves the body, and immediately the bo

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all, it's actually a metaphor for the time it takes for you to allow yourself to be happy with who you already are, where you already are, and what you already have… no matter what.

Just do it,

The Universe