ZEN: The Art of Simple Living: 1. Make time for emptiness 2. Wake up fifteen minutes earlier 3. Savour the morning air 4. Line up your shoes when you take them off 5. Discard what you don’t need 6. Organize your desk 7. Make a delicious cup of coffee 8. Put pen to paper with care 9. Try using a loud voice 10. Do not neglect your meals 11. When eating, pause after every bite 12. Discover the benefits of a vegetable-centric diet 13. Seek out your favourite words 14. Pare down your belongings 15. Arrange your room simply 16. Try going barefoot 17. Exhale deeply 18. Sit zazen 19. Try a standing practice 20. Seek out the sunset 21. Don’t waste time worrying about things you cannot control 22. Become adept at switching modes 23. Breathe slowly 24. Don’t think of unpleasant things right before bed 25. Join your hands together 26. Make time to be alone 27. Create a small garden on your balcony 28. Get in touch with nature 29. Don’t put off what you can do today 30. Try your best to do what you can now. 31. Discover another you 32. Don’t be troubled by things that have not yet happened 33. Take pleasure in your work 34. Do not feel put out by the tasks before you 35. Don’t blame others 36. Simply immerse yourself 37. Don’t compare yourself to others 38. Seek not what you lack 39. Every so often, try to stop thinking 40. Try attending a zazen sitting 41. Plant a single flower 42. Make distinctions 43. Make a proper start 44. Cherish your own self 45. Think simple 46. Do not fear change 47. Feel instead of think 48. Notice changes 49. Don’t let things go to waste 50. Think with your own head 51. Don’t be bound by a single perspective 52. Believe in yourself 53. Instead of worrying, get moving 54. Get active 55. Maintain a supple mind 56. Wait for the right opportunity 57. Appreciate your connection with things 58. Try just sitting quietly in nature 59. Try clearing your head 60. Enjoy a Zen garden. 61. Serve people 62. Cast away the ‘three poisons’ 63. Cultivate your sense of gratitude 64. Demonstrate, rather than assert, how you feel 65. Express your mind, but not in words 66. Focus on others’ merits 67. Deepen your connection with someone 68. Fine-tune your timing 69. Don’t fixate on right and wrong 70. Give up the need to be liked by everyone 71. See things for what they are 72. Skilfully detach 73. Do not get caught up with mere words 74. Do not think in terms of loss and gain 75. Do not be swayed by the opinions of others 76. Have faith 77. Have a conversation with a garden 78. Find occasions to get together with family 79. Make someone happy 80. Appreciate all the people who came before you. 81. Be here now 82. Be grateful for every day, even the most ordinary 83. Recognize that you are protected 84. Be positive 85. Do not covet 86. Accept reality for what it is 87. There is not just one answer 88. There is not just one way, either 89. Don’t be a show-off 90. Do not divide things into good and bad 91. Believe in yourself, especially when you feel anxious 92. Notice the changes of the season 93. Try taking care of something 94. Free yourself from money. 95. Listen for the voice of your true self 96. Cherish being alive, every single day 97. Make every preparation 98. Contemplate how to die 99. Put your everything into the here and now 100. Make the most of life.
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ZEN: The Art of Simple Living: 1. Make time for emptiness 2. Wake up fifteen minutes earlier 3. Savour the morning air 4. Line up your shoes when you take them off 5. Discard what you don’t need 6. Organize your desk 7. Make a delicious cup of coffee 8. Put pen to paper with care 9. Try using a loud voice 10. Do not neglect your meals 11. When eating, pause after every bite 12. Discover the benefits of a vegetable-centric diet 13. Seek out your favourite words 14. Pare down your belongings 15. Arrange your room simply 16. Try going barefoot 17. Exhale deeply 18. Sit zazen 19. Try a standing practice 20. Seek out the sunset 21. Don’t waste time worrying about things you cannot control 22. Become adept at switching modes 23. Breathe slowly 24. Don’t think of unpleasant things right before bed 25. Join your hands together 26. Make time to be alone 27. Create a small garden on your balcony 28. Get in touch with nature 29. Don’t put off what you can do today 30. Try your best to do what you can now. 31. Discover another you 32. Don’t be troubled by things that have not yet happened 33. Take pleasure in your work 34. Do not feel put out by the tasks before you 35. Don’t blame others 36. Simply immerse yourself 37. Don’t compare yourself to others 38. Seek not what you lack 39. Every so often, try to stop thinking 40. Try attending a zazen sitting 41. Plant a single flower 42. Make distinctions 43. Make a proper start 44. Cherish your own self 45. Think simple 46. Do not fear change 47. Feel instead of think 48. Notice changes 49. Don’t let things go to waste 50. Think with your own head 51. Don’t be bound by a single perspective 52. Believe in yourself 53. Instead of worrying, get moving 54. Get active 55. Maintain a supple mind 56. Wait for the right opportunity 57. Appreciate your connection with things 58. Try just sitting quietly in nature 59. Try clearing your head 60. Enjoy a Zen garden. 61. Serve people 62. Cast away the ‘three poisons’ 63. Cultivate your sense of gratitude 64. Demonstrate, rather than assert, how you feel 65. Express your mind, but not in words 66. Focus on others’ merits 67. Deepen your connection with someone 68. Fine-tune your timing 69. Don’t fixate on right and wrong 70. Give up the need to be liked by everyone 71. See things for what they are 72. Skilfully detach 73. Do not get caught up with mere words 74. Do not think in terms of loss and gain 75. Do not be swayed by the opinions of others 76. Have faith 77. Have a conversation with a garden 78. Find occasions to get together with family 79. Make someone happy 80. Appreciate all the people who came before you. 81. Be here now 82. Be grateful for every day, even the most ordinary 83. Recognize that you are protected 84. Be positive 85. Do not covet 86. Accept reality for what it is 87. There is not just one answer 88. There is not just one way, either 89. Don’t be a show-off 90. Do not divide things into good and bad 91. Believe in yourself, especially when you feel anxious 92. Notice the changes of the season 93. Try taking care of something 94. Free yourself from money. 95. Listen for the voice of your true self 96. Cherish being alive, every single day 97. Make every preparation 98. Contemplate how to die 99. Put your everything into the here and now 100. Make the most of life.
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