Christianity
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Belonging in 30s
While my twenties were more about seeking out what life had in store for me, starting my thirties made me feel a growing need for belonging. It isn’t just about having close friendships, having a sense of roots, feeling valued and respected by colleagues at work (for having valuable contributions), having a sense of shared Read more
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Looking upward
In isolation during stressful moments, focusing on what’s at hand is easy because there’s nowhere for your attention to go except to what you are dealing with. And the anxiety could easily creep into your head in the form of relentless internal arguments about how things could go from bad to worse. When you isolate, Read more
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Getting out of a cultural bubble
As a kid, I look forward to being exposed to different worlds of thought, which means that I will get to know other people who don’t speak and think like me because of varying cultures. I always think that “there’s a bigger world out there,” and it always excites me to meet and talk to Read more
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Got too comfortable
If you find yourself too comfortable with your current state, like earning okay money enough to pay your bills and monthly groceries, and you never intend to go beyond that kind of comfort, then perhaps comfort is where you allow your humanity to die. Isn’t becoming human meant to be charitable? How to go beyond satisfying ourselves Read more
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Where does love come from?
Love comes from God 1 John 4:7-21 (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him]. Read more
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