Any one of the three basic benefits of mind training—mental calm, mental clarity, and emotional resilience—is, by itself, life changing, and with practice all meditators can acquire all three. from Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within, by Chade-Meng Tan
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128/365 Mastery of focus is a skill
The mastery of focus is a skill, which like any other takes discipline and effort to develop. from Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallagher
127/365 “Anyone can become angry – that is easy”
Anyone can become angry – that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way —this is not easy. Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics