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The Tranquility Within Us

Finding peace on Earth — or at least peace of mind

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Scott Monty
Dec 21, 2022
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A Difficult Line from Horace by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1881 (Wikimedia Commons - public domain)
  

“Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.” — Seneca, c. 60

 

This time of the year, we’re all looking for some tranquility.

While last week’s extra edition of the newsletter contained some encouraging words to power through, now as the lull between Christmas and New Year’s Eve rolls around, we might simply be looking to unplug and recharge.

As an interesting aside, what a terrible irony it is that we recharge by unplugging.

It’s like looking to the past to inform our present. Counterintuitive on the surface, but deeply fundamental.

Sometimes it takes a counterintuitive example to nudge our somnambulant awareness.

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