"The first, and hardest, step to wisdom: avert the standard assumption that people know what they want." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Fall in love with some activity and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about and it doesn't matter.

Been at this a while, post number 300

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There was a beautiful Catholic custom of naming our kids after saints to ask their protection of our kids. I see fewer and fewer babies that are given a saint’s name. The Good Newsroom

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