Maintain a Beginner's Mind
Approach life with curiosity and openness, as if seeing things for the first time. This mindset can help you remain adaptable and open to new experiences.
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Alan Watts advocated balancing beneficence and rascality for a healthy life. Excessive virtue can lead to rigidity, while playful rascality promotes flexibility, creativity, and authenticity. Embracing the full spectrum of human nature helps achieve harmony between order and mischief.
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