« Gratitude is not to deny the tragedy of existence. It is not a question of saying to someone who is in pain: "Look at all that is beautiful!" It would be almost insulting, it would make you feel bad. Gratitude is rather to feed on what is good, to savor what is given. Page 75 »
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes |
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Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes
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« Small exercise proposed by a Buddhist monk: stop the inner comments and not make a mountain of everything. If an individual judged us as we judge ourselves all the time, we would have hated him soon. The first step towards acceptance is to identify what you do not accept and to see that it is not a problem. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Living without why |
Alexandre Jollien
Living without why
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« You build a personality and all your life you try to stick to what you have decided to be-Sartre-. »
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Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes |
Alexandre Jollien
Small Treatise on Abandonment: Thoughts to Welcome Life as It Proposes
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