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Monday, April 28, 2008

Hurt

"Let's return to our question: can something or someone hurt us? Let's take up some real disasters. Suppose I've lost my job and I'm seriously ill. Suppose all my friends have left me. Suppose an earthquake has destroyed my house. Can I be hurt by that? Of course I think that I can. And it would be terrible for such things to happen.
But can we truly be hurt by such events? Practice helps us to see that the answer is no. (...)"

--Nothing Special, by Charlotte Joko Beck

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