To Laugh and Breathe – Apr. 1, 2022
“Much of the secret of life consists in knowing how to laugh, and also how to breathe.” ―Alan Watts, In My Own Way: An Autobiography, p. 7
Independence – Mar. 31, 2022
“A mind that is single and sincere is not interested in being good, in conducting relations with other people so as to live up to a rule. Nor, on the other hand, is it interested in being free, in acting perversely just to prove its independence.” ―Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity, p. 132
Completely Engaged – Mar. 30, 2022
“This is the real secret of life―to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” ―Alan Watts, The Essence of Alan Watts, p. 146
To Be Alive – Mar. 29, 2022
“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” ―Alan Watts, from 1960 lecture “On the Meaning of Life”
