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Marie Curie didn’t know what radiation would do to her body. She kept working.

Write less. Mean more.

Color has no wavelength in the dark. Beauty requires a witness. So does meaning.

You are between the breath in and the breath out. That gap is where Zen happens.

A child does not ask what life means. They are too busy living it.

The patient fisherman does not curse the tide.

Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.

Every culture has a word for the feeling of not knowing. None of them mean failure.

Dear future reader: I wrote this not knowing you. You read this not knowing me. And here we are.

Color trends are anthropology. The decade’s most popular shade tells you what people were afraid of, and what they were reaching for.