Looking back, among the many, it seems to be ten ~ Heiraku Life continues to guide me daily, sometimes with detours and at other times with quiet reminders. My recent…
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There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in. ~Leonard Cohen Jacob Collier, the multi-Grammy-winning composer known for turning entire audiences into human choirs, once described it…
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You only lose what you cling to. ~ attributed to the Buddha We all carry things we were never meant to keep forever: an old argument replayed too many…
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When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. — Paulo Coelho Speaking ill of someone, to their face or behind their back, has become…
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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. ~Henry David Thoreau We picture a perfect life because, in our imagination, it is frictionless. But the…
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Hexagram 12: Pi; Standstill / Stagnation: A time to do nothing. ~ i Ching Every transformation begins in the in-between; that odd moment when an old way has begun to…
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08/16/2026
Happiness
What Happened Happened: The Choice You Made Was the Right One — For Who You Were Then
What happened, happened and could not have happened any other way, because it didn’t. ~Peter Crone When I first read this quote, it wasn’t new to me. I recognized it.…
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Set higher standards for you own performance than anyone around you, and it won’t matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won’t matter whether the…
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08/02/2026
Happiness
The Art of Holding Lightly: Learning the Stoic Balance Between Choice and Surrender
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.…
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