HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic genius. Pleasure is our birthright. Receptivity is a superpower. — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Assume that your drive to experience pleasure isn't a barrier to your spiritual growth, but is in fact essential to it. Proceed on the hypothesis that cultivating joy can make you a more ethical and compassionate person. Imagine that feeling… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years. May you wake up... and start dancing while… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Your sweet spot is in between the true believers and the scoffing skeptics.... — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
If you bury your face in your tear-stained pillow and beg God to please send you your soul mate, may you not slur your… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
What worn-out shticks are blinding you to the blessings that life is conspiring to give you? — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Your imagination is the single most important asset you possess. Your imagination is your power to create mental pictures of things that don't exist… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“Imagine that the whole world belongs to you. The birch trees in New Hampshire's White Mountains are yours, and so are the cirrus clouds… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. We will laugh… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
