I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
A. J. JACOBSI grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
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Behavior shapes emotions.
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Giulia Melucci has written a wonderfully funny and moving book. It’s like Eat, Pray, Love, with recipes.
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I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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I have little shame, no dignity – all in the name of a better cause.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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I was what they call ‘skinny fat’ – a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.
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Med students panic their first year when they learn all the diseases. It’s not until the second year that they learn the cures.
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The key to making healthy decisions is to respect your future self. Honor him or her. Treat him or her like you would treat a friend or a loved one.
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In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
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There’s a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one
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I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
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Sometimes miracles occur only when you jump in.
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When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.
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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
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