Living Deliberately: An Inspiring Approach to Life from an Ikarian

"Learn to make the absolute most of [the moment you are in], to live with all the deliberate robust vitality you can muster...This 'now' is the moment in which to exercise your full and alert senses and appreciation for everything around you, to relish the wide vibrancy of life ... It's called 'living deliberately'--living with focus and intent... Living with eyes and heart wide open... It's enjoying your friends' smiles, savoring the aromatic flavor of the food before you... allowing the sun and water and floral scents to make an indelible mark upon your soul. And the music!-- feeling your body absorb the notes, the rhythm, the laughter, the love of all things beautiful." [T]ell someone, whoever it is, not what's wrong with them--which is often too easy to do--but what's right with them. This is life-affirming and part of living deliberately."-Dianna Lefas in her book Living (and Eating) Deliberately - Ikaria-Aegean "Blue Zone": Food, Family, Philosophy, Ikarian Style

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