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How To Be Happy About Your Pittiable Progress
“Well-being is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.” — Zeno
Our current world moves fast.
Few are the moments of deep reflection. Do you remember when was the last time you had a deep insight coming out of nowhere?
As when you’re walking through the woods, or even through the city on a lazy Saturday, unencumbered by the week’s hectic movement and the infinite to-do list, a powerful reflection about your life, and everyone’s lives, for that matter, emerges out of nowhere?
It’s magical, and it feels right.
Whenever you have something like that happen to you, you feel you are standing in the right place, in the world, spiritually and physically.
But we’re terribly busy, of course, and it is hard to come about those moments. And when those moments finally come, it is kind of scary, being alone with your soul, without distractions. We’re scared of what our souls have to say.
And so we want to forget ourselves. Our busy life is really a symptom of our fears put together. Just yesterday, I was having a chat with a lady, and she was telling me how terribly bored she became during spring break, she wanted to get back to work, to have something to do. And fear not, I thought, for there…
