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In this radical vision of the good enough life, our task is not to make the perfect human society, but rather a good enough world in which each of us has sufficient (but never too many) resources to handle our encounters with the inevitable sufferings of a world full of chance and complexity.
Opinion | the Good-Enough Life
nytimes.com
And so instead of asking how to summon the energy or motivation or self-discipline to do something that matters to you, it's often more helpful to ask: What if this might be a lot easier than I'd been assuming?
Meditations for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman
Or as D. H. Lawrence said, “The only aristocracy is that of consciousness.” Sort of “he who notices most lives the most,” a slight vulgarization. Just now I noticed a tiny wren baby crawling through tall grass through the lattice construction of the garden fence. He’s doubtless hungry, the most powerful motive.
Courage and Survival
brickmag.com
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