Category: mind
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Informal Koan
I offer this informal koan, friendly challenge– this unbiased opportunity for free-thinking and self-exploration. Ponder this subset of oxymoronic pairs: industry and carefree; structure and randomness; restraint and freedom; fact and irony; effort and letting go. Is one good? Is one bad? Could they exist independently of one another? Are the pairs dancing or fighting?…
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Take Pride in Small Accomplishments
Entertainment and the media have long been dwarfing our sense of accomplishment and significance. A quick YouTube search for anything that you’re proud of will put you in your place. Never before have the most impressive feats of the world been so readily available. With so many beautiful faces, astonishing videos and unbelievable news stories,…
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My Childhood Heroes
My childhood heroes are a pretty impressive bunch, I must say! I’d be proud to be compared to any one of them. As a child, I was less inhibited by the internal and external motivations of an adult. Life was simpler, less complex, less confusing, closer to being true to myself. My young, innocent self…