A piece of wisdom from
May 26, 2019 · Sunday
The quote
“Do not be proud of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as the wise. The limits of skill cannot be reached. No one is fully equipped with the skill at his fingertips.”
— Ptahhotep · Maat
The concept
Relationships
The biggest single predictor of how long, and how happily, you will live.
The longest study of human happiness ever conducted, the Harvard Adult Development Study, started in 1938 and still running, has one finding so clear it is almost embarrassing: the people who are happiest, healthiest, and live longest are t…
A practice for today
Notice one moment today when the lesson of Relationships. The biggest single predictor of how long, and how happily, you will live.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 12.15
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः। हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः॥
“He from whom the world does not shrink, who does not shrink from the world, who is free from joy and envy, fear and agitation — such a person is dear to me.”
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