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So true. This society encourages too much ‘destination happiness....the idea you need to reach the next goal before you’ll be able to enjoy your life. We instead need to be taught to be living in the present more. If we spend too much time worrying about the future, we’ll miss all the beauty around us right now. x

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That’s right. I always liked the saying;

“Yesterday is history

Tomorrow is a mystery

Today is A GIFT

That’s why we call it

THE PRESENT”

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Oct 12, 2022Liked by Julie Dee

A unique talent.

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Thank you

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Oct 13, 2022Liked by Julie Dee

Never thank anyone for recognising your talent.

x

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A little courtesy - manners - can go a long way ;)

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Gorjus pic mmmm

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I know. I couldn’t believe it was free😂

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I love this wisdom. Painting our little web with honey is such a poetic way of putting it. The psychologist Abraham Maslow would phrase it as a hierarchy of needs - you can’t self actualise when you’re cold and hungry. Jordan Peterson would say put your own house in order before trying to effect change in the world - or in short “clean your damn room”.

But I like the idea of honey or, as you say, trapping flies. This conveys a sense that you will attract towards you everything that you need. The world will come to you when you are okay with where you are. Unfortunately, we are generally encouraged in the other direction, to flee from ourselves - alcohol, drugs, porn, reality TV - and to covet a “lifestyle” that always dangles like a shiny object just beyond our reach.

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Oct 11, 2022·edited Oct 11, 2022Author

It’s about magnetic attraction. About using your own sweetness and goodness to best ability, having it work for you rather than constantly breaking your back trying to get more of something.

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Oct 12, 2022Liked by Julie Dee

She's got a pretty incisive insight.

And a unique way of expressing it.

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Thank you lovely. Appreciate that you did that :)

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