How much are we actually in control of the path of our lives? I think our actions (and inactions) move us along and on/off our paths, but the main path we are asked to travel on during our lifetime is well beyond our control. Many wisdom seekers have come to embrace our chosen paths: "amor fati", literally "love of fate" - to love what is put before us; not just bear it, but love it. -- Ameeta
"A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it" -- Marcus Aurelius
Editor's Note: How much are we actually in control of the path of our lives? I think our actions (and inactions) move us along and on/off our paths, but the main path we are asked to travel on during our lifetime is well beyond our control. Many wisdom seekers have come to embrace our chosen paths: "amor fati", literally "love of fate" - to love what is put before us; not just bear it, but love it. -- Ameeta
Kindness In the News
A bookstore employee writes about an eccentric old lady who shocks everyone at the register with her words about why it's important to be kind after paying for a confused student's textbooks.
Her chance encounter with the elderly man, while returning his cane, led to a poignant sharing of his life story and a chance for him to feel heard and at peace.
This Danish video shows a single impulse proceeding onward; so complex are the processes in Nature...the energy of a single thought may determine the motion of a universe.
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