live long and prosper

Here's another great post on Mark Sisson's blog where he lists the 7 characteristics  we can cultivate which are associated most with living a long and contented, healthy life.

I don't necessarily agree all the time with his dietary advice, but he has some great insights on the human psyche and he seems to be one interesting and clued-up, wise person.

I especially liked the information on the sayings of Epictetus (another article here) and many of the ways to let go of controlling everything in our lives really rang true for me. 

And it's helped me be more content with things as they are.  

When I don't allow myself to get upset about things I can't control, there's much more sunshine about. 

The trick for me was working out what those things I couldn't control were.  And now I have, I'm much more at peace with the world. 

Something else to add to my list entitled "things I wish I'd been taught at school instead of Latin and Shakespeare"......!

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