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Day: July 11, 2014

The Painful Beauty of Impermanence

July 11, 2014 by Aaron Graves

By Leo Babauta The cherry blossom falls after its short beautiful bloom. It floats gently down to earth. Its life is over, but the limitedness of its existence is one of the biggest reasons the blossom is so gorgeous. If we knew that the blossom would last forever, it wouldn’t have the same poignant beauty, …

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Maybe

July 11, 2014 by Aaron Graves

The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it is really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad. Because you never know what will be the consequences of the misfortune, or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune. – Alan …

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