Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it. – Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher, is most famous for his work entitled Walden. Published in [...]
This post is a continuation of The 3 Fears (Part 1). Please read that first before you read the following. It’d make more sense. Fear #2: Fear of Success You might be thinking, “Wait, why would someone be afraid of success? That doesn’t make sense.” You’re right, it doesn’t. But it doesn’t make it less [...]
This post turned out longer than I thought, quickly becoming a miniature book. So to make it easier for you to digest all the goodness to come, this post here is part 1. Please subscribe to the RSS reader to stay updated of when part 2 is published. You wouldn’t want to miss out! We [...]
Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. – Shakti Gawain Can I tell you something? Are you ready for it? … I’m quitting my day job. Again. Nearly 2 years ago in November 2008, I left my posh day job [...]
You’ve only got one life to live. Make it a life worth living, not just merely an existence. Alright folks. Many of us know all too well that we probably don’t love our jobs. In fact, nearly 80% of all working people despise their jobs. We may apathetically just bear it long enough to pay [...]
My name is Nina Yau, author of The Radical Minimalist and writer and founder of Castles in the Air. I live my life unabashedly through explorations of the human dynamic and this blog is a platform for such explorations to flourish.
