Life
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Anticipating pain and danger
Fear grips and propels you to action. In defense, most of the time, reacting after a stimulus you expect could bring you harm. You jump and lash out to protect yourself, not because it’s the rational thing to do, but mostly because you’re blindsided by the real intentions. Because fear keeps you from seeing beyond Read more
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Letter no. 22
Dear reader from the future, Two years into the pandemic, and during the election season in the country, people don’t speak much drama about vaccines and Covid as they used to (before the elections). The national elections have eclipsed the pandemic entirely. You can only hear about Covid in the news like an afterthought—like forecasts Read more
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Life out of order
RESOURCE: Book: Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Change (by Bruce Feiler) Podcast highlights: We’re all comparing ourselves to an ideal that no longer exists and beating ourselves up for not achieving it. Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Change (by Bruce Feiler) Often, our ideal for a life well-lived Read more
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There’s too much anger online these days
I feel weary being on Facebook these days. Is Facebook changing our social lives? If you’ve spent long enough on Facebook, you might agree that emotions are highly contagious within the platform. You might even convince yourself that you are not vulnerable to groupthink but often, the thoughts you allow in your mind become your Read more
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Faux power
While I was on my way home, riding a bus, I overheard a passenger complain about how he felt disrespected by how the conductor dealt with him. Well, here’s a back story. When the conductor asked this passenger where he was heading to give him a ticket, he responded and added that a discount should Read more
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