There is a humility in limitation, for it requires us to treat things as they are rather than as we wish them to be. Such a shift is required if we hope to escape the tyranny of restraint in order to construct a life in which we take the world around us more seriously by paying greater attention to its contents. Instead of seeking greater happiness within ourselves, we should pursue a greater respect for the things, people, and situations around us, learning to take them for what they are rather than for what they lack. The best way to combat the anxiety of a world whose contents might
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