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The Joy of Quiet.

None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism; it’s just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better — calmer, clearer and happier — than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.”

I swear, my dad could have written this article himself! Haha. “That kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens” —-A wish and a resolution I am making for myself this new year. (: