Rules for being human handed down from ancient Sanskrit:1. You will receive a body.2. You will learn lessons.3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.4. A lesson will be repeated until…
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How shall I live? I want to feel both the beauty and the pain of the age we are living in. I want to survive my life without becoming numb. I want to…
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[and why it can include croissants] La vita è una combinazione di magia e pasta. / Life is a combination of magic and pasta. Frederico Fellini I eat mainly for…
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The act of gifting – if we have the privilege and pleasure of being able to purchase presents – doesn’t have to resort to an overwhelming Black Friday bonanza. Shopping…
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We cannot control the outcome of our action. Still, we can turn toward the world, plant good seeds, and trust that they will eventually bear fruit. Whenever a few people…
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…Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and decay. Power without humility breeds arrogance and tyranny….
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When all your desires are distilledYou will cast just two votes:To love more,And be happy. Hafez A friend and former client recently asked me something along the lines of: how do…
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O longing mind,dwell within the depthof your own pure nature.Do not seek your home elsewhere–your naked awareness alone, O mind,is the inexhaustible abundancefor which you long so desperately. Sri Ramakrishna…
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seasonal eco-consciousness People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin…
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is it worth it? We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning, we awaken to the light and the invitation to a new day…
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Every moment is a fresh beginning. T.S. Eliot just when we think we’ve got it figured out You know that feeling when you think you know something, only to discover…
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Studying sustainable fashion during grad school at Academy of Art University sent me down a deep rabbit hole of eco-fying everything I possibly could in my immediate surroundings, from the…
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