The Character Crisis: Are You Part of What’s Wrong With Society?

If we want a better society, we must first fix our hearts. The Character Crisis Are You Part of What's Wrong With Society

The counter-argument that “everyone has flaws, and so we must not judge” is an idea I intend to break through the rest of this piece, not just because it justifies the corruption eating up Africa, but because it’s a psychological trick called “moral disengagement”—where people use nice-sounding phrases to avoid acknowledging evil. It’s how someone says, “like him or hate him, you have to respect his hustle or doings” while ignoring that the “hustle” or “Doings” is theft and the “hate” exists because he’s destroying lives.

A Year To Grok: Dick David’s Living Eulogy [On Being 28]

This felt like the fastest year of my life so far. It genuinely felt like this was still part of last year. At a point, I couldn’t tell what happened this year from what happened last year.

While my last year’s eulogy ended in what felt like a divine script, this year felt like a violent ripping apart of that script by indifferent reality.

Small Packets of Abundance: The Gifts You’ve Been Ignoring Your Whole Life

The “reality” of many people is hunger, joblessness, and loneliness, just to name a few. But, in reality, we have more food on earth than we can consume, entire industries with opportunities are emerging every day, and there have never been this many people on the surface of the planet, ever.

So, why do the facts conflict with many people’s reality?

Identity Is Destiny: How To Shape Who You Become By Changing How You See Yourself

As you go through life, you will experience, gain, and lose many things. You will also be seen, addressed, and treated in many ways.

And while all these can lead you to see yourself in different ways, often bending to the whims and manipulation of the world, when you take charge of your identity, you become unshakable.

Are You Enjoying It? An Essay On Compatibility, Inconveniences, and Incompatibility In Relationships

Think of a relationship like two people deciding to watch TV together. The quality of the relationship depends on how much they both enjoy the time (together) watching any show.

And just like watching TV, being in a relationship can fill people with happiness as much as it can lead to frustration and fights – just ask the kids who squabble over the channel to see.