grim's reminders

nine grim reminders  — raw, unflinching quotes about love, life and lessons learned. no 🌈s or 🦄s to be found here, only the truth courtesy of your friendly neighborhood grim 

 

“i walk through rooms of the dead, streets of the dead, cities of the dead; men without eyes, men without voices: men with manufactured feelings and standard reactions; men with newspaper brains, television souls and high school ideas”
~ charles bukowski

“i ka ’olelo no ke ola; i ka ’olelo no ka make”
~ unknown

“if someone says something mean, disrespectful or bigoted, investing your energy and feelings into them any further is a loosing proposition just smile and go about your life. you cannot convince them to change their beliefs - and besides - they are going to die anyways ~ grim

“rehearse your death every morning and night”
~ yamamoto tsunetomo

“when you share with someone something as important, as personal as death, and they cower, deflect or run, know that they are not worthy of another second of your precious time”
~ grim

“i cannot escape death, but at least i can escape the fear of it”
~ epictetus

“health. love. mortality. three of the most important subjects in life, yet most people rarely speak openly about them … until they are taken away”
~ grim

“there is deep contradiction in failing to enjoy life and yet fearing death when faced with it”
~ yoshida kenko

“write down the names of the nine most important people to you. now, write down the last time you connected with them. now consider what if that was the last time?”
~ grim