So They Say

Note the Antidote

I approach fear the same way I approach almost everything else in life: with an antidote. Here’s what I mean: anger and gratitude, for example, cannot coexist in the same thought; it is cognitively impossible. The moment you are angry with your spouse, for example, is the moment you stop being grateful for having them […]

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The Two Wolves

It’s as if there are two versions of me: one is calm, truthful, giving, forgiving, harmonious and wise, and the other is sometimes greedy, selfish, dishonest and argumentative. So when I wake up every day, I say good morning to both of them, but then I vow to only listen to the wiser of the […]

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A Simple Life

My dad told me this story when I was a little kid, and even though many of us have heard it before (it was originally told by Heinrich Böll), I believe it deserves to be regularly shared, especially at every high school graduation around the world. Enjoy! One summer, many years ago, a banker was […]