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Unoka was never happy when it came to wars. He was in fact a coward and could not bear the sight of blood.

The scariest thing of all, though, was the newest employee, Tuan. He was rapidly absorbing the store and beginning to resemble all the other workers. That wouldn’t have mattered in the previous version of the store, but with everyone in their current weird state, it was as though he were transforming into a creature that was nothing like a store

Everything is a story, and people need to understand themselves as having a meaningful role within the story you, as an organizer, are telling. If their role in your story feels like “doom appreciator,” most people will recoil, retreat to their own smaller story, and keep the focus there.

“Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.”

“I am worthy. I am loved. I am me. There is no one else on the entire planet who is like me. I am unique, with all my flaws and quirks. I know from the deepest part of my inner self that I am grateful for this moment.”

‘What we practise at the small scale sets the pattern for the whole system.’

Our heart beats, but we do not “do” the beating of our hearts — it just happens. Taoism says “wu-wei er wu bu-wei” — by non-doing, nothing is left undone.

If you realize that you have enough,

you are truly rich.