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“Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday

“Helsinki’s fine-dining restaurants turn heads all over the north. Ally that with traditional places serving heart-warming wintry fare and a wonderful array of offbeat drinking options and you’ve got quite a package.”
― Lonely Planet Finland

“These days most Finns have saunas at home, but some public ones remain. They smell of old pine, tar shampoo and long tradition, with birch whisks and no-nonsense scrubdowns available as extras. Weathered Finnish faces cool down on the street outside, loins wrapped in a towel and hand wrapped around a cold beer. Helsinki and Tampere are the best places for this, while Kuopio’s old-style smoke sauna takes a day to prepare and offers a more rural experience, with a lake to jump into right alongside.”
― Lonely Planet Finland

“If you don’t break your ego, life will break it for you.”
― Jay Shetty, Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day