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Buddha is famous for asserting that life is pervaded by suffering, some scholars say that’s an incomplete rendering of his message and that the word translated as “suffering,” dukkha, could, for some purposes, be translated as “unsatisfactoriness.”
Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright
Anyone who studies history can see that  *no system of government, no economic system, no currency, and no empire lasts forever, yet almost everyone is surprised and ruined when they fail*.
Principles for Dealing With the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Ray Dalio
But Maria’s suggestion has a broad meaning behind it, one that I can put to use in our San Francisco home: misbehavior is a child’s way of asking for more responsibility, more ways to contribute to the family, and more freedom. When a child breaks rules, acts demanding, or seems “willful,” their parents need to put them to work. The child is saying, “Hey, Mom, I’m underemployed over here and it doesn’t feel good.”
Hunt, Gather, Parent
Michaeleen Doucleff
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