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Marcus Aurelius on inner contentment
Marcus Aurelius said that pain either affects the body or the soul. Only one of them do you have any say over. “The soul can choose not to be affected, preserving its own serenity, its own tranquillity. All our decisions, urges, desires, aversions lie within. No evil can touch them.”…
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A Practical Guide: To slowing down in every part of your home
Start with one room, not the whole house. That was the mistake I made early on. I thought change had to happen all at once to count. But slower routines tend to stick when they are built in small ways and repeated often enough that they stop feeling like effort…
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The Dalai Lama on Compassion and Joy
As human beings we all have the potential to be happy and compassionate people, and we also have the potential to be miserable and harmful to others. The potential for all these things is present within each of us. If we want to be happy, then the important thing is…