Sogyal RinpocheHow many of us are swept away by what I have come to call an 'active laziness'? It consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
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"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. I have been swept away by an active laziness that consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
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