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Having an understanding of life.

How do you get an understanding of life? Here are some suggestions:

Ask questions. Use reason. Make many friends. Realize possessions are only important as far as they truly help you. You may need a car to get to work or visit the food bank. But a fancy car will be a distraction causing you worry. If someone scratches your old or plain car how much does it bother you? If you have a pricey new car, how do you feel?

2,500 years ago some Greeks were starting to ask the important questions about life. In fact, we still use some of their methods today to effectively operate parts of our society. Please check out the Socratic method from the great Greek Socrates. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method .

The bottom line is make life a journey, an adventure and don't live like a low animal only looking for food and comfort. Here is another person's view on life that is worth reflection:

http://www.answers.com/topic/epictetus

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