Tag: love
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Vulnerability and Connection
In my continuing efforts and struggle to make sense of my very own existence, I invariably return to remarkably rudimentary, yet paramount questions. Why am I here? What must I do? And, how may I actualize these concepts, and increase the ratio of pleasure to pain in my life? My wonder, pursuit and search for…
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Learning to Love Yourself
In Plato’s “Symposium,” Aristophanes, a respected Ancient Greek playwright, submits to the forum assembled around him that Love is when two people find their soul-mate in each other and recognize an ancient bond between them. The notion of soul-mates has survived to this day, deluding us about the true nature of love.
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Mini-Memoir: Leather Jacket
I don’t have many things and generally don’t allow myself to have a relationship with “things”. When I was home for Christmas, I rediscovered an expensive leather jacket that was given to me by a family friend who has died. I liked how I felt in the jacket so I brought it with me to…
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40 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. – Wikipedia
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Heart Attack Grill
Heart Attack Grill? Bahaha. “If you weigh more than 350, you get to eat for free.” 1:06 waitress runs into surgeon, lol. Grill owner, John Basso, “Politically incorrect food villain.” “We’re gonna kill ya, but enjoy it.” Gluttony, 7 Deadly Sins. Next one in Dallas, TX; where in Arizona is this one? “…Founding Fathers fought…
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Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Eighteen
Do What You Love Find hard work you love doing. If I could offer my eighteen-year-old self some real career advice, I’d tell myself not to base my career choice on other people’s ideas, goals, and recommendations. I’d tell myself not to pick a major because it’s popular, or statistically creates graduates who make the…