"A mindful spirit recognizes that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

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The theme of time is universal, yet Paula Gunn Allen manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on time often shapes our reality.

About Paula Gunn Allen

Paula Gunn Allen was an American poet, literary critic, activist, professor, and novelist. Of mixed-race European-American, Arab-American, and Native American descent, she identified with her mother's people, the Laguna Pueblo. Gunn Allen wrote numerous essays, stories and poetry with Native American and feminist themes, and two biographies of Native American women. She edited four collections of Native American traditional stories and contemporary writing.

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"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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"The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits."

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