If you're looking for something to chew over, some thoughtful seeds for mental cultivation, bookmark this page for Jeff Mason's fortnightly meditations. The Art of Living. The art of living is a skill in negotiating the opportunities and pitfalls of life that makes the best of whatever comes one's way. It comprehends how best to meet the challenges, joys and setbacks that come with living and dying.
Circumstances vary, but it is possible to live artfully.
This includes trying to change what can be changed for the better and not to lament, but accept, what can not be changed. The art of living is distinguished from all the trappings of an outwardly successful life. Possessions, and financial successes may not prevent profound unhappiness for an individual, failure in personal relationships, or unawareness of the beauties of the physical world. To live artfully is to live thoughtfully, act justly, and to speak the truth, recognizing what is of genuine value, and ignoring what is trivial. It is to be in the habit of doing and saying the right things in the right manner, with good timing and a realistic appraisal of the circumstances.