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The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Five Invitations

by Frank Ostaseski

The Zen Hospice founder's lessons from a thousand deaths: don't wait, welcome everything, bring your whole self, find rest in the middle, cultivate don't-know mind.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Don't wait.
  2. Welcome everything, push away nothing.
  3. Rest in the middle of things.

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