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Happy Thursday folks!

Here is my favorite passage of the week, two quotes and book of the week with two important lessons to ponder on:

Passage of the Week:

Author Shane Parrish on thought experiment:

Two Quotes:

Book of the Week with 2 Important Lessons:

The book of the week is Maktub: An Inspirational Companion to The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

Inspiring and calming. An essential companion to the inspirational classic, The Alchemist. It is a collection of timeless stories and parables of self-reflection, faith, and rediscovery. A great read that will help you put your life into perspective.

As Paulo Coelho explains, “Maktub is not a book of advice but an exchange of experiences.” Each story offers an illuminated path to see life and the lives of our fellow people around the world in new ways, allowing us to tap into universal truths about our collective and individual humanity. The lessons and experiences from this book will help you to take the first step towards a better life.

Here are two important lessons from the book:

1) The Word is Power:

Write. Whether it's a letter or a diary or a few jottings as you talk on the phone, just write. Writing brings us closer to God and to our fellow humans.

If you want to have a better understanding of your role in the world, write. Try to put your whole soul into writing, even if no one else will ever read it or, worse, even if someone does end up reading something you didn't want them to read. The mere fact of writing helps us to organize our thoughts and to see the world around us more clearly. A piece of paper and a pen can perform miracles assuage sorrows, make dreams reality, take away and restore lost hopes. The word is power.

2) Face Your Journey with Courage:

If you are following the path of your dreams, then commit yourself to it fully. Don't leave the exit door open with the excuse “No, this isn't quite what I wanted.” Those words contain the seed of defeat.

Embrace your chosen path, even if you do occasionally stumble, even if you know you could do better. If you accept what you are capable of doing now, in the present, you will be sure to improve in the future, but if you deny your limitations, you will never be free of them. Face your journey with courage. Don't be afraid of other people's criticisms. Above all, don't let yourself be paralyzed by your own self-criticism.

Book I am currently reading:

Katabasis by R. F. Kuang. Dante’s Inferno meets Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own.