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The Coffee Shop Conundrum
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The Coffee Shop Conundrum

How often do we truly pause? On a slow drive from Oxford, a Buddhist nun at a service station shared the Dalai Lama’s advice: “Be Here Now.” Peace isn’t in getting somewhere faster, but in being fully present.

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