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Marcus Aurelius encouraged us to keep a list in our minds of people who burned with anger and resentment, including those who were admired and successful. He then asked a simple question. How did that work out for them? Most of the time their anger did not strengthen them. It faded into nothing more than
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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and lately, that’s been resonating more than ever. Life has kicked into high gear again—school is back in session, baseball season is in full swing, and gymnastics schedules fill the calendar. Between work hours, dinner routines, and the never-ending list of errands, I find myself catching moments
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Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.” That line strikes deep. Not because it’s poetic, but because it’s true. Too many people move through life silently suffocating under unfulfilled dreams, living in a rhythm set by the expectations of
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We spend a great deal of our lives living in moments that have not yet arrived. Our minds wander forward into possibilities, what-ifs, and imagined disasters. We build castles of fear and towers of expectation on foundations that do not even exist. And yet, all the while, the only reality we truly inhabit is the
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As I’ve taken a few days to step back from the busyness of life, I’ve found myself reflecting deeply on family, friendships, and the connections we’ve built over the years. Life has a way of moving us in directions we never could have predicted. One moment, we’re inseparable from our childhood friends or spending every
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Pain is an inevitable part of life. We lose loved ones, we experience rejection, we face failure, and sometimes the world simply doesn’t go the way we planned. Psychology agrees: pain is unavoidable. But suffering—that lingering weight we carry long after the moment has passed—is not inevitable. Suffering is prolonged when we allow our minds
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The ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus said it best: “Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.” It’s a line that has survived for centuries because it contains a truth we still need to hear today—most of our suffering doesn’t come from events themselves, but from the story we
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Every morning, the alarm goes off. We groggily rise, repeat the same motions, grab the same coffee, take the same route to the same job, interact with the same people, and do the same things. And before we know it, another week has flown by. Another year. Another decade. You blink, and life has become
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In the constant race of deadlines, promotions, responsibilities, and expectations, it’s easy to forget the most precious asset we possess: our health. We push harder, sleep less, eat on the go, skip exercise, ignore our body’s signals, and somehow convince ourselves that it’s all for a worthy cause—more money, more success, more progress. But what
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In the fast-paced, hyperconnected world we live in, it’s all too easy to get swept away by the chase—the pursuit of wealth, status, possessions, and influence. From the latest phone upgrade to the dream car, the corner office, or the social media likes, many of us spend our days striving for things that shine brightly—but
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