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This week, we’ll look for things that were lost in translation or lost in our own heads, but somehow found their way back.
When did you last misread someone's intentions and it turned out to be wrong in a meaningful way?
Have you ever misunderstood yourself?
Is there a misunderstanding from your past that never got fully cleared up?
Is there something you misunderstood for years, and only got the full picture much later?
Has a misunderstanding ever accidentally led you somewhere good, that wouldn't have happened otherwise?
Think of a time you were misunderstood by someone. How did it feel to be seen incorrectly?
What is the story of a genuinely funny misunderstanding in your life?
Plato has a fine saying, that he who would discourse of man should survey, as from some high watchtower, the things of earth.
Learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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