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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. — Michel de Montaigne | Essays (1580)

Renunciation is one of ten trainable qualities known traditionally as the paramis (the others being generosity, resolve, patience, morality, effort, i

Whereas staying focused on the present had made the agonies of the ice-water ritual more tolerable, it made less unpleasant undertakings – daily chore

The universe is wider than our views of it. (Henry David Thoreau)