Are Possessions Inherently Bad? Must I Give Them All Away to Be Happy? | by Patrick Stewart | Mar, 2023 | The Taoist Online
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Can you have nice things and inner peace at the same time?
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="276"] Photo by Amanda Flavell[/caption] The First Purge The first time I lost everything, I was five years old. For most American boys, the first introduction to shaving (or “buzzing”) your head comes from when you first get lice. I remember my mother led me to the back porch. There, she buzzed…