No one can have everything
One-Minute Meditation
I invite you to take a few deep breaths as you choose your preferred music below, enjoy the stunning natural scenery, and reflect on the following words of wisdom from Seneca:
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No one can have everything they want. What a person can do is give up wanting what they don't have and use cheerfully the things that are available.
Seneca, Letters on Ethics, 123.3
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Thank you Brittany. Writer Kurt Vonnegut was sitting with a friend in the home of their mutual friend, I don't recall who. The friend had left the two men alone, as he left the room briefly. Vonnegut listened as his friend marveled at the many grand, and beautiful possessions the other man owned. Cars, boat, fancy home, etcVonnegut nodded, and said, "well, you have something he will never have." His friend fired back incredulously, and what might that be?" You have enough, Vonnegut said. I always feel lighter when I recall this story.