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Circle of Compassion

David Price
4 min readJan 5, 2025

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Maxfield Parrish, ‘Ecstasy’

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Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

— Albert Schweitzer

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In the future there will possibly be a profession that will be called a listener. In exchange for payment, the listener will listen to another, listening to what he says. We will turn to the listener because, apart from him, there will be hardly anyone else left to listen to us.

The Society of Weariness, Byung-Chul Han. Courtesy of Letras Nómadas

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Don’t forget…

The real Luxuries in life:

time

health

a quiet mind

slow mornings

ability to travel

rest without guilt

a good night’s sleep

calm and “boring” days

meaningful conversations

home-cooked meals

people you love

people who love you back

— Unknown

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Animism is the spiritual belief that all living things have a soul. Everything around us-the birds, the trees, the rivers-are

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David Price
David Price

Written by David Price

I write about creativity, loving, language learning and psycho/spirituality. I’m a longtime painter and reader.

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