The Magic Shop in the Strip Mall in the United States

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At the age of 12, I did not have either parents who had the ability to guide me, nor resources, nor mentors. And so I had a feeling of hopelessness and despair for obvious reasons. What changed was that when things got particularly difficult at my house, I would get on my bicycle and ride as far and as fast as way as I could. One time I ended up at a strip mall in the U.S., these sort of selection of shops. There was a magic shop there. So I went in and there was a woman there at the counter in her probably mid 50s, early 50s. And she greeted me with a radiant smile.

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Jim Doty is a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford. These days he spends his time researching compassion and the links to our brains. He is also the author of the self-help book called Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart.

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