18/07/2026
“Relax. Nothing you do really matters. Wake up. Everything you do really matters.”
“I came up with this a while back, and I still find I need reminding of both halves. Take only the first and it curdles into something nihilistic - numb to the world around you. Take only the second and it curdles into something else - stressful, driven, frantic.
Neither one alone is the teaching.
There’s something astronauts describe called the overview effect - seeing Earth from space, no borders visible, and the conflicts we’re caught up in suddenly looking small. That’s relax, nothing you do really matters.
And then there’s this: the way you make your tea matters. The way you move through your home matters. The way you greet the person at the checkout matters. That’s wake up, everything you do really matters.”
This post derives from Martin’s musings during Daily Meditations on .live
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