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Rethinking Bad Luck
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Rethinking Bad Luck

When a box of darkness has light inside.

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Aug 04, 2022
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In Estelle Frankel’s The Wisdom of Not Knowing: Discovering a Life of Wonder by Embracing Uncertainty, she tells a folktale you’ve likely heard before: 

A peasant had a beautiful white horse. One night the horse ran away. When the neighbors learn of his misfortune, they come to offer their sympathy saying, ‘We are so sorry for your bad luck.’ They are su…

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