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You’ve Been Told Leap Years Happen Every 4 Years — That’s Not True
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You’ve Been Told Leap Years Happen Every 4 Years — That’s Not True
Most people think a leap year just happens every four years. Wrong. The real rule involves a 400-year cycle, skipped centuries, and precise math that keeps our calendar from falling apart. Here’s how it really works — explained clearly and simply.
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Don’t hate yourself for the decisions you made when you didn’t have the wisdom you carry today.
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The Aristotelian Golden Mean is the idea that virtue lies between two extremes: excess and deficiency.
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A thoughtful reflection on how philosophy is the art of maintaining curiosity and amazement about life’s mysteries, encouraging readers to rediscover the magic of asking “Why?” and pushing beyond surface appearances.
Read MoreThe Mustard Seed: Finding Peace in Grief
A poetic retelling of the Buddha’s lesson on loss, this piece explores how grief unites us all and how acceptance, not resistance, leads to healing. Discover the universal truth that pain is part of loving—and that peace comes when we let go of what cannot be changed.
Read MoreGreed does not trouble the greedy
Greed might not trouble the greedy at first, but eventually it catches up to them
Read MoreRaise your words not your voice
Raise your words not your voice. it's the rain that grows flowers not the thunder.
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Pay attention to what people say to you in anger. They've been dying to tell you what
Read MoreDon't imagine your whole life at once
Do not disturb yourself by imagining whole life at once - Marcus Aurelius
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