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Decades
Sometimes there is silence and space reaching across the multitudes of decades, decades, decades spent dancing by the kitchen door spent in that hallway, shone spent wandering by the bookshelf, home. won’t you slide across this empty room faint hum of music and sparkle in your eyes won’t you tangle, soft around these limbs won’t…
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Think Like a Stoic: 4 Ways to Get Off the Hedonistic Treadmill and Be Happier Now
I’ve been reading A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine this past week, and while I don’t agree with 100% of Stoic teachings, there are many lessons and philosophies contained within Stoicism that align with Buddhist ideologies and scientifically backed happiness studies that I think most people will…
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How a Gratitude Practice Can Make You (and Your Brain) Happier
Did you know that practicing gratitude is the most consistent, scientifically backed way to increase your happiness? In fact, there are 26 studies and counting that show the positive correlation between gratitude and happiness. I started a regular gratitude practice a few years ago after a major breakup. Starting a gratitude practice has been the…
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Refrain
They say those empty verses left on the register will come back for you, but what do they know about music the bridge never follows as you traipse under its arched passageway they don’t sing about the sparrows once they’ve flown away for winter. they don’t tell you when you throw a bottle out to…
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