Life’s work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into the circle wake you up rather than put you to sleep. The only way to do this is to open, be curious, and develop some sense of sympathy for everything that comes along, to get to know its nature and let it teach you what it will.
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The Power of Patience
By Judith Orloff — 2012
The importance of patience as a coping skill and how to achieve it.
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