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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 93 excerpt)
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Story 93 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
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According to Thoreau, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” I think when people read this, they focus on the word “quiet” as the problematic one in the sentence. Echoing Pascal, quiet isn't the problem, it is the inability to accept the quiet that leads to the desperation. We don't need to change our environs as much as change ourselves, because as Anaïs Nin wrote, “We see things not as they are, but as we are.”...
narrated by Ian McCrorie
2023
3 minutes 10 seconds
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Manage episode 359322960 series 119190
Story 93 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
.
According to Thoreau, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” I think when people read this, they focus on the word “quiet” as the problematic one in the sentence. Echoing Pascal, quiet isn't the problem, it is the inability to accept the quiet that leads to the desperation. We don't need to change our environs as much as change ourselves, because as Anaïs Nin wrote, “We see things not as they are, but as we are.”...
narrated by Ian McCrorie
2023
3 minutes 10 seconds
Listen to Streaming Audio
Your browser does not support the audio element.Audio copyright, 2023 Pariyatti
'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' as a book and eBook can be found at https://store.pariyatti.org/a-lifetime-doing-nothing.
View more books and audio resources available in the Pariyatti bookstore.
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