Life
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Rabble-rousers
The malice they spread is contagious, viral. And if you are not careful with your biases, it’ll be easy for you to take sides. However, just like every division, not taking a side is also interpreted as taking a side. But do you really grasp how complex human relationships are? As difficult as it is Read more
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Keeping up with everyone
This is a rather impossible task, even if social media tells you otherwise. Because knowing someone better takes a lot of time and even effort to actually make that time possible. Even if you insist, try to remember and count the people you mostly maintain communications with throughout the week. Narrow them down to the Read more
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Cakes and what we do about them
Why do you make an effort to make a cake (or buy if you don’t have the skill or time) on birthdays? I can’t totally answer for you, but it has become a symbol of celebration for me. And blowing a candle completes that birthday feeling. This is not about the origin of cakes and blowing Read more
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Insecurity talks, insecurity lies
Insecurity fabricates stories that are not necessarily true but are thoroughly convinced about them. Because it makes sense to be the center of it all when you feel under threat. The one who tells the story is already convinced of what she gets to say. Is there anybody who has the heart to share something they personally Read more
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Behind closed doors
Who are you behind closed doors? Are you the same person whenever you are outside and in the sight of everybody? Or are you just putting up a show in front of everyone else? Maybe it’s time to ask this question as you turn off the lights tonight. And hopefully, when you wake up the Read more
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Faking it?
It’s tricky to be confident about something you are not confident with. The world might say, “Fake it until you make it.” However, you can only fake it up to a point before you begin to fear people knowing the truth. And when they do, because they surely will (as the famous passage says that Read more
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How to explain death to a three-year-old
To be honest with you, I don’t know how. If you do, please tell me by reaching out to me here. Actually, I never expected how difficult it could be until I had to do it when my niece kept asking what happened to our cats. Death took almost all of them (leaving us two Read more
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