Which is why we must choose to drive out anger and replace it will love and gratitude—and purpose. Our stillness depends on our ability to slow down and choose not to be angry, to run on different fuel. Fuel that helps us win and build, and doesn’t hurt other people, our cause, or our chance at peace.” 3) Seek Solitude Go outside. Take a walk. Look around. Pay attention. Be curious. Marvel. Wonder. Bathe in the beauty that surrounds us, always. 3) REMEMBER: HUMAN BEING , NOT HUMAN DOING We are one big collective organism engaged in one endless project together. We are one. We are the same. Still, too often we forget it, and we forget ourselves in the process.”

The Buddhist word for it was upekkha . The Muslims spoke of aslama . The Hebrews, hishtavut . The second book of the Bhagavad Gita, the epic poem of the warrior Arjuna, speaks of samatvam , an “evenness of mind—a peace that is ever the same.” The Greeks, euthymia and hesychia . The Epicureans, ataraxia . The Christians, aequanimitas . In a world that so often demands us to be someone else, The Unbearable Beauty is a story of rebellion. Reading it is choosing to cross a bridge to the truth of what it means to fully be here, fully ourselves.

When we’re running on empty, when we’re stretched too thin, when we’re utterly overworked, clear thinking can’t possibly happen and good decisions can’t possibly be made. So we make mistakes that we then have to try and fix. We destroy relationships that we then have to try and repair. We burn out and fade away. Because burn out is real. Doing too much than our bodies can handle is too common. Overstepping our boundaries and limitations feels all too natural. Reaching the point of over-exhaustion isn't a good flex, it's a sign that your mind and body need a break. Get out now. Not just outside, but beyond the trap of the programmed electronic age so gently closing around so many people Go outside, move deliberately, then relax, slow down, look around. Do not jog. Do not run … Instead pay attention to everything that abuts the rural road, the city street, the suburban boulevard. Walk. Stroll. Saunter. Ride a bike and coast along a lot. Explore. You were born free—free of stuff, free of burden. But since the first time they measured your tiny body for clothes, people have been foisting stuff upon you. And you’ve been adding to links to the pile of chains yourself ever since.” Words are from my book, Beauty in the Stillness, available internationally in digital and in print.

This is what happens,” da Vinci wrote, “to those who leave the solitary and contemplative life and choose to live in cities among people full of countless evils.” The message is not to abandon the world, retreating into a life of complete and utter solitude. No. Holiday’s point is that cultivating moments of solitude, moments alone, moments in silence, moments with only your thoughts are essential. It’s in those moments where clarity and insights are had, where real understanding of ourselves is found, where deep meaning is discovered. Here’s Holiday: Stole Your Man or Woman: Mate Poaching is Related To Psychopathic Traits, Research Finds—Delving into a dark intersection of psychology and relationships where complex and often toxic motives lurk behind certain behaviors.

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This is for those yearning to live in the present moment, seeking comfort during times of loneliness or heartbreak, or guidance while healing. Before 1%, before 1 for 1 and before 'doing good', 'social impact' or 'brand-purpose' was even expected, there was Paul Newman and Newman’s Own. Paul pioneered the idea of philanthropic enterprise when he famously said “let’s give it all away” and put his face on the label only to give 100% of the profits to those in need. UNCOVERING YOURSELE, AGAIN Thete are periodic momens i your ife whee you feelfir from the person you know you are at your core.Beauty remains, even in misfortune,” she wrote. “If you just look for it, you discover more and more happiness and regain your balance.”

Real love and compassion aren’t about forgiving and forgetting your way through numerous transgressions, violations or betrayals. It’s about being able to let go of the person who would subject you to those in the first place. It’s about knowing you can practice compassion from a distance, knowing that holding someone accountable is one of the most loving things you can do for them. Highly manipulative people don’t respond to compassion. They respond to consequences. Shahida Arabi, PowerYes, we have important duties—to our country, to our coworkers, to provide for our families. Many of us have talents and gifts that are so extraordinary that we owe it to ourselves and the world to express and ful ll them. But we’re not going to be able to do that if we’re not taking care of ourselves, or if we have stretched ourselves to the breaking point…Man is not a machine. Work will not set you free. It will kill you if you’re not careful.” — Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is The Key Thomas Aquinas said the philosopher and the poet see the world the same way and engage in the same pursuit: the study of “wonder.” And so must we. While stillness seems so rare and fleeting in our busy lives, the world supplies us with an inexhaustible amount of it. We’re just not looking. We’re not stopping to see all of it. Any of it, for that matter.