Day by day

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  1. Day 042On the cost of the extra inch12 October 2026LaoziHumility“He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.”
  2. Day 041On not being able to stay put11 October 2026Blaise PascalSolitude“All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.”
  3. Day 040On subtraction as the harder move10 October 2026Antoine de Saint-ExupérySimplicity“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
  4. Day 039On which direction wakes you9 October 2026Carl JungSelf-knowledge“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
  5. Day 038On the traffic that runs both ways8 October 2026Octavia E. ButlerChange“All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you.”
  6. Day 037On a blessing that asks too much7 October 2026Thomas CarlyleWork“Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.”
  7. Day 036On preferring the worse feeling6 October 2026VoltaireUncertainty“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
  8. Day 035On the last thing left to change5 October 2026Viktor FranklResilience“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
  9. Day 034On three instructions and no more4 October 2026Mary OliverPresence“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
  10. Day 033On what cannot be experienced3 October 2026EpicurusMortality“Death is nothing to us, for that which is dissolved is without sensation, and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.”