

Aisha Abbasi on Helplessness
"[O]ur genuine recognition of the helplessness life confronts us with at times is often highlighted and meaningfully recognised when we...
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Adam Phillips on Being Too Much
“It is not unusual for us to feel that life is too much for us. And it is not unusual to feel that we really should be up to it; that...
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David Whyte on Forgiveness
“Forgiveness is a heartache and difficult to achieve because strangely, it not only refuses to eliminate the original wound, but actually...
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Susan Cain on Introversion
“Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy,...
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Mirabai Starr on loss
"People will often avoid mentioning our loved one's name for fear it will remind us and make us sad. As if we could ever forget! As if we...
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Dr Mark Epstein: Advice Not Given
"There are many things in life we can do nothing about—the circumstances of our childhoods; natural events in our outer worlds; the chaos...
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