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AUGUST 21, 2026

"The mind does not need filling like a bottle, but like wood needs kindling." -Plutarch

When I allow information, insight and perspective to flow through my mind like a river, rather than pooling up behind a beaver dam, my understanding and happiness grow in equal measure.

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