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“You would be wise to behave in life as if at a grand dinner party. Is anything pleasing brought to you? Put out your hand and take your share with humble moderation. Does anything pass you by? Don’t stop it; let it flow onward. Is anything not yet come? Don’t stretch any desire towards it, but rather wait and see if it arrives. Do this with regard to everything -- children, partners, public posts, riches, even the halls the your potential salvation. Do this and you will eventually become a worthy partner of the feasts of the Divine. And if you get to the place where you are even able tocalmly refuse the things which are set before you if you alone decide they are not yours to imbibe, then you will not only be a partner at those halcyon banquets, but also their host and permanent guest of greatest honor.” ~ inspired by Epictetus357
“And I will take one from a thousand and two from ten thousand,and they shall Become a single One.” ~ Jesus (Gospel of Thomas 23)358