Quotes from 'Ikigai- Warm up before the start

Recently I read a very interesting book named 'Ikigai-The Japanese secret to a long and happy life.' It introduces some inspiring cases and examples of a happy and fit lifestyle that make people live longer and healthier in Japan. The centenarians of Japan tell so many things about their healthy life in the book that can guide people for the proper way of living. Besides, the book also deals with the issues, problems, and challenges of the present time and suggests some worthy tips and solutions. Here, I am presenting some of the best quotes from the book which can inspire us. But first of all, Let's see the meaning of the word 'Ikigai'.

The Japanese word ikigai is formed of two Japanese characters, or kanji: 'iki' meaning life, and 'gai' meaning came or worth. Ikigai, then, is the value of life, or happiness in life. Put simply, it's the reason you get up in the morning.”

Quotes-

Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.- A Japanese Proverb
Above all, he has to find his purpose, his reason for getting out of bed, his ikigai.”
Whatever you do, don’t retire!
Can someone really retire if he is passionate about what he does?
Fall seven times, rise eight.
The happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow.
a happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell on the future.
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react that matters.”
Stop regretting the past and fearing the future. Today is all you have. Make the most of it. Make it worth remembering.
when you have a clear purpose, no one can stop you.
Life is pure imperfection, as the philosophy of wabi-sabi teaches us, and the passage of time shows us that everything is fleeting, but if you have a clear sense of your ikigai, each moment will hold so many possibilities that it will seem almost like an eternity.”
the things we love are like the leaves of a tree: They can fall at any moment with a gust of wind. He also said that changes in the world around us are not accidental but rather form part of the essence of the universe”
Happiness is always determined by your heart.
finding flow in the tasks you’ve chosen to do, eating in a balanced and mindful way, doing low-intensity exercise, and learning not to give in when difficulties arise. In order to do this, you have to accept that the world—like the people who live in it—is imperfect, but that it is still full of opportunities for growth and achievement.”
We don’t choose our feelings; they just happen to us, and we must accept them. The trick is to make them feel welcome.
Only imperfect, incomplete, and transitory things may be truly lovely because only those things reflect nature.
If you understood your Ikigai, you would already be in the stream when you do this because you are passionate about it. Finding Ikigai ensures that you do something that keeps you flowing, and you can do it until you die.