1. Keep an open mind 2. Practise empathy 3. Make a difference 4. Master the art of simple living 5. Beware your contradictions 6. Become a craftsman 7. Expand your social circle Via BBC News Filed under: Literary, purpose Tagged: Tolstoy philosophy
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Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) He owed me nothing. I didn’t know him. But he looked at me holding my camera, and he smiled, this city worker with a front tooth missing. His joy infected me, and the colours of the world became brighter. The beauty is in its
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Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) I don’t buy it Mr. Andersen. Maybe the mother duck was surprised, overwhelmed, or even envious, but the baby wasn’t ugly, and she lied. We come into the world as beautiful cygnets. Every one of us. Filed under: purpose Tagged: spirituality
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Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) Your job is to love. Everything else is your occupation. Filed under: purpose Tagged: spirituality
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Atheists. Agnostics. Freethinkers. Nonbelievers. Nontheists. Humanists.Whatever you want to call them and whatever they Famous atheists, including many career academics. want to call themselves. People who do not believe in God. I describe myself as an agnostic atheist and a secular humanist. For the sake of this article, I will
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking on compassion and it’s connection to finding purpose in life.
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