What is necessary?

When we focus on the necessary, we see how a lot is unnecessary. We can only do that when we're still, silent, unmoved by the external forces that keep us moving, programming us to do what they want... what they want to sell. It's scary to traverse the unfamiliar. To go with the unpopular. But …
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