People in it in an enduring marriage achieve Mattis

Page 177. People in it in an enduring marriage achieve Mattis. That’s the Greek word for kind of practical wisdom and intuitive awareness of how things are how things go together and I hope things will never go together.

— from The Flight Plan (Purpose/Wisdom/Risk) · Second Mountain by David Brooks

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• The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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