A memento mori, which translates from Latin as “remember you will die,” serves as a practice, object, or artwork designed to remind us of our mortality and the unpredictability of death. By fostering a deep awareness of life's brevity, it aims to encourage us to make decisions that align with our genuine values.

"I don't cry because we've been separated by distance, and for a matter of years. Why? Because for as long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we're still together" (Donna Lynn Hope)

On this incredible journey of discovery I have found myself on, a book has led to another book (or books), and my deep-dive into mindfulness and self-help has, in turn, revealed other wondrous uncoverings.

"The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe).

"The real energy to push forward comes from when you realize that there will always be an opposing force."

"The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose." (Arnold Bennett)

I had a high-school bully. Hell, I even had a primary school bully and a pre-school one, too. In fact, I'm still being bullied.

When I'm feeling fearful - a word I associate with anxiety- it's all I can think about sometimes.

"Emotion" is an umbrella term that describes a loosely coordinated response that includes what we feel, think, and experience in our bodies in response to events we judge to be meaningful."

"The universe doesn't match our actions, it matches our vibration."

Being socially awkward is pretty low on my list of things I'd like to get a hold on, so maybe I'll park this for a while and see how I do with the more pressing hurdles.

"I use the term the element to describe the place where the things we love to do and the things we are good at come together."

"The most important person to keep your promises to, is yourself." (Unknown)

I think she's ready to punch something, and it might as well be fear.

"You Are the Placebo is about putting you in the driver's seat of creating your own change..."

"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose." Viktor Frankl.

"We must kill the lies we believe before they kill our ability to live life to the full." (Niki Hardy, Breathe Again: How To Live Well When Life Falls Apart)

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."

"I thought becoming myself was improving each part piece by piece. But it was finding a hidden wholeness seeing the fractures as the design."

If I were a sleuth, I'd be so bad at it because I'll happily look into the lives of those I admire, but I haven't properly looked into mine.