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30: A King Asked for One Sentence True in Joy and in Grief. This Is What He Was Given.
A story from the ancient Sufi tradition about four words that have survived a thousand years.A king was suffering.Not from enemies or war - but from the swings of his own mind.The collapse of joy into despair.The lift of despair into something almost unbearable.He called his wise men and gave them an impossible task.Find me one sentence.True when I am too happy.True when I am too sad.The same sentence. For both.His wise men argued for weeks.Then one of them went to a Sufi master at the edge of the desert.The master smiled.And wrote four words.New story every day.Follow so you never miss one.
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