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What does it mean?
Life often feels like passive suffering due to lost rhythms of rest.
In plain terms
Life is struggle because we forgot how to rest.
What can you take from it?
Find rest to reduce agony.

Where it applies

  • burnout
  • depression
  • overwork

Putting it to work

  • prioritizing sleep
  • accepting stillness

Questions to consider

  • Are you struggling?
  • Do you rest?

Another view

It minimizes active solutions to problems.

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