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This summer, in addition to the 9 million other things I have to do (oh, I can already see myself getting grumpy and burnt out), I\u2019ll be facilitating a reading group based on Mattieu Ricard\u2019s latest book, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life\u2019s Most Important Skill<\/a>. We\u2019ll have an informal discussion starting June 5th and hope to get into the first chapters on the 12th. Should be fun \ud83d\ude42 Everyone who can get here is invited to join in. We\u2019ll have informal meditation at 7pm before book discussion.<\/p>\n

Oh, and<\/span> the news story about Ricard being \u201cThe world\u2019s happiest man.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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