In a recent article by David Brooks published in The New Yorker, a neuroscientist is quoted to have said, “ . . . flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. It happens sometimes when you are lost in a hard challenge, […]
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You plan to meet up with your best friend. Nothing is different. You are going to meet at the local coffee shop like every other Tuesday afternoon. Five o’ clock on the dot. Routine. But when you show up, she’s not there. You wait. And you wait. And you wait some more. She never shows. […]
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I used to think that it was silly for people to be moved by an event or the performance of others. I guess it was just that I was never able to understand how an event could inspire somebody. Why did some huge occurrence have to take place for an individual bring about the change […]
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Bitterly I looked out the window. She was asking for my forgiveness again? She had hurt me so many times before this, why should I forgive her. As I turned toward her to tell her that she was not forgiven and never would be again, a huge knot formed in my stomach. I could not […]
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I believe that success is measured by three things: achievement of personal happiness, the difference you make in the world, and the people who love you. Personal happiness and making a difference in the world, regardless of monetary gain is a huge part of how I define success. I believe that Bill Gates is a […]
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WARNING, hollow words coming, “I’m sorry,” she says. I know she can feel the burn, the searing ray that is my upturned eyes. I know, as she does too, that those words, coming always before a pathetic and demeaning argument of base points, are as empty as the crater of sympathy I have. Words, I […]
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“If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you” -Mary Pickford. I have been presented with a question. Do I believe in second chances? I expected a conditioned response from a lot of people. Some people might agree that there is an extent to which second chances are given. […]
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Most of us do not remember the first time we made it to the potty in time, rendering our quest for bathroom training a success, nor do we remember the first time we were able to write our name or tie a shoe. However, despite our amnesia towards early childhood, from the time we escape […]
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