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Happiness is a good flow of life; and this is living according to nature.

Zeno of Citium · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers · paraphrase

What it means today

Happiness is not a peak but a flow — the smooth, steady course of a life lived in accord with the way things are. It is less a destination than a way of moving.

Try this todayAim today for a smooth flow in your life, rather than a single peak.

Today’s questionIs my life flowing smoothly with nature, or fighting against it?

#happiness #flow #nature

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