Relationships
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Broken trust
I’ve been told at a young age how trust, when broken, becomes difficult to repair. How? Because once you break someone’s trust, your subsequent courses of action may be held with suspicion. Are your motives true? Or are you just putting up a show? Are you telling the truth? And no one wants to become… Read more
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Here’s how we should position ourselves in the heat of politics
Today, I am reminded that there is no authority above the LORD. So whoever has the political powers today, if “there is peace and order, it’s God’s order.” Romans 13:1-7 MSG (To Be a Responsible Citizen) 1-3a Be a good citizen. All governments are under God. Insofar as there is peace and order, it’s God’s order.… Read more
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Letter no. 23
Dear reader from the future, Today is the last day of our country’s election campaign, with the elections on May 9, 2022. Aside from communities expressing their support for their candidates through public demonstrations, they also extend their support towards social media. Unfortunately, politics has divided the country. But, perhaps, it’s the way it’s supposed… 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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Election day is almost here and we’re getting more divided by the day
Babel is a metaphor for what some forms of social media have done to nearly all of the groups and institutions most important to the country’s future—and to us as a people. Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid When I was in high school, Facebook used to be a… Read more
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When you think about your house, you’re supposed to feel safe
Right? Because it’s where you wind down after a long day from work (whatever that means for you). But in cases when you live with people who act like rats that ruin you from the inside, what should you do? Don’t you want to eradicate the unwanted and destructive animal from your house? Of course,… Read more
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Dismissing people
It’s easy to dismiss people when the noise inside your head already drowns you in — you can’t hear anybody but yourself. And so you miss the details, you miss the nuances. You slowly drift away, then apart. Farther from people who deeply care for you. Yes, you want to be cared for, and you… Read more
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