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" Put yourself in the shoes of others and pick up some literary fiction. Go for books like To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, or The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Find social blenders that allow you to move beyond your normal social circles. Visit places that voted in the opposite end of the political spectrum from you. If you listen to people’s stories, you may find that you might have made some of the same choices if you had lived their life rather than yours. We are not so very different; we just had different starting points. And while it is easy to stop listening and dismiss people we disagree with as ignorant, as evil, and as the enemy, that will only lead us to misery. But perhaps if we listen we might learn that it is inequality, unfairness, and injustice that are the enemy and that empathy, trust, and cooperation are the way forward. "
― Meik Wiking , The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People
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" The main protagonist in the Christmas menu is the meat, which is either roast pork or duck—often both. It will be accompanied by boiled potatoes, or caramelized potatoes, stewed sweet-and-sour red cabbage, gravy, and pickled gherkins. Some have cream-stewed cabbage, sausages, and various types of bread, too. To complete the feast, we have a truly Danish invention: risalamande (it comes from the French ris à l’amande, and this makes it sound fancier) is half part-whipped cream, half part-boiled rice, with finely chopped almonds and topped with hot cherry sauce. Eating risalamande is not just a delicious experience, though. It is very much social. Because hidden in the big bowl of dessert is one whole almond. "
― Meik Wiking , The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
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" Хюґе — це щось радше про атмосферу та досвід, аніж про речі. Це
і про перебування з людьми, яких ми любимо, і про відчуття дому,
і про те, коли почуваєшся в безпеці, захищеним від цілого світу, ніби в мушлі, тож можеш послабити всі свої захисні механізми. Хюґе може стати нескінченна бесіда про малозначні (або й видатні) речі, чи навпаки — насолода від чиєїсь мовчазної присутності, а чи просто можливість побути самим собою за чашкою чаю. "
― Meik Wiking , The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well