Emotional
How to Choose in a World You Don’t Control
“You still have to make choices as if you were running the show, but you make your choices with the intuitive understanding that it's unfolding as it must.” This wasn’t a lyric. It was Cohen’s spiritual thesis: Choose without needing to control. Move without pretending you steer the mystery.
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The thinker
Poet, Songwriter, Philosopher
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet whose lyrics explored love, loss, religion, and the beauty found in imperfection.
Based on Leonard Cohen on Letting Go and the Illusion of Control, summarised and reframed by Insights.
Part of these journeys
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