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Read more: Food and cheer“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier place,” J.R.R. Tolkien once said.
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Read more: Waking dreamersEdward Wilson, the biologist, explained why we sometimes feel stressed. “Humanity today,” Wilson said, “is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep…
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Read more: Go easy, and be filled with lightThe poet Mary Oliver speaks to me when I feel stressed. Here are lines from her poem “When I Am Among the Trees.” Around me…
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Read more: Make friends a priorityLydia Denworth, author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Exraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond, says that writing her book made her “prioritize” her friends…
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Read more: Friends and familyI have friends that I consider family. That’s wonderful, says Lydia Denworth, author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Exraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond.…
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Read more: Survival of the friendliestFriends are good for your health, says Lydia Denworth, author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Exraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond. Having friends can…
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Read more: The shelter of a friendI talked to three friends on the phone last night–Lynn, my best friend in high school. Barbara, another friend since high school. And, Marjorie, who…
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Read more: Illusions“If we can somehow rid ourselves of illusions. The illusion that we are greater or lesser than we are. The illusion that we’re going to…
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Read more: Every momentIt seems as if I keep running into Mr. Rogers wherever I go. Recently I found him and more lovely quotes in an article by…
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Read more: Reminders of friends and familyOn my desk I have a coaster that my friend Ranna gave me. On the bookshelves behind my desk I have an owl that my…