Before you blurt out something you think someone needs to hear — or beat yourself up over something you’ve done — ask yourself these four questions: Is it in fact true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? Is it useful? Although they’ve been attributed to everyone from Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita to Quakers, and even Krishnamurti, they offer sound advice. Satya asks us to stop lying to ourselves as well, to commit to discovering the truth of who we really are, by gently and tenderly polishing the lens through which we can understand the narratives that live in our bodies. Although that sounds
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