A famous middle-aged Buddhist monk, who was suffering from a terminal disease, was interviewed by the press. “How does it make you feel, knowing you are dying?” the interviewer asked. “How does it make you feel to know you are dying?” the monk replied. “I mean, soon, before your time,” came the reply. “Whenever we … Continue reading Life’s potential
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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." * Names help us to make sense of the world. Humankind has bestowed names for things as far back as history tracks and for the majority, this desire to label things, to give a unique identity, to categorize and organise, has offered some way of … Continue reading Labels
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