This part reminded me of the short but well-researched work, Ichigo Ichie by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles: In Day 25 - ‘You can’t hoard life’ - he describes the spirit of the Japanese tea ceremony, which offers such a good reminder for life: “You can have a hundred tea ceremonies; you could even have all of them with the same people,” he writes. “But you can only have that ceremony, that cup of tea, once.”
It also goes with Heraclitus’ quote: No man ever steps in the same river twice; for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
What a wonderful quote! And I appreciate the book recommendation - I have not read Ichigo Ichie and have now added it to my TBR. Thank you for sharing!
Great notes on this, thank you for sharing!
This part reminded me of the short but well-researched work, Ichigo Ichie by Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles: In Day 25 - ‘You can’t hoard life’ - he describes the spirit of the Japanese tea ceremony, which offers such a good reminder for life: “You can have a hundred tea ceremonies; you could even have all of them with the same people,” he writes. “But you can only have that ceremony, that cup of tea, once.”
It also goes with Heraclitus’ quote: No man ever steps in the same river twice; for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
What a wonderful quote! And I appreciate the book recommendation - I have not read Ichigo Ichie and have now added it to my TBR. Thank you for sharing!
I like Oliver Burkeman’s work. I bought his “4000 Weeks” because of a chapter title “Cosmic Insignificance Therapy.”
He does have some unique chapter titles, doesn't he?! I'm glad you've enjoyed his work, too - thank you for sharing!