“The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.” – Henry Miller.
Social media has become deeply intertwined with the human experience that opting out feels like social suicide. The pressure to show up doesn’t just feel cultural, but existential.
And for those of us looking to grow our brand or business, showing up is not enough – we need to grow. Yet, in trying to grow, we tend to follow the same playbook:
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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.
Saying “No” doesn’t make you unkind; it makes you compassionate (to your own needs).. It proves that you respect your time and energy.
The truth is, every time you say yes to something you dislike, you’re saying no to yourself.
When you learn to say no without guilt, you’re choosing to honour your needs and create space for what really matters.
When people talk about the objectification of women, the finger almost always points at men. But if you actually look around, especially online, you observe something seemingly contradictory.
In the messy space of real life, values like loyalty to family, respect for elders, devotion to faith, ethnic solidarity, and communal responsibility sometimes conflict with moral codes like honesty, fairness, justice, stewardship, compassion, and respect for human dignity, and so the real struggle begins
On a podcast interview, Neil deGrasse Tyson was asked if he thought he would be happier if he were religious. Neil replied that he was already “a pretty happy guy”. But when pressed further, he explained that religious people believe their religion to be true and can easily see that other religions are preposterous and … Read more
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.
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” — George Orwel
I saw the movie Straw last month. And I was so angry at the critics that I started to fear for myself: How could a message so clear, loud, and urgent be so completely missed?
Straw is a very simple movie. It wasn’t like a Christopher Nolan film with layers of twists and hidden meanings. It was a straightforward Tyler Perry movie that depicted the unfolding of a horrible day in a woman’s life.
And even if it is mostly fiction, it’s important to remember that nothing in this movie is impossible, or hasn’t in some way happened to a very real person somewhere.
Many years ago, I took the bold step of moving out of my parents’ house to live alone. Why? Because I wanted to find my path as a person, make my own decisions, and suffer the consequences myself. I believed that’s how it should be. Until a person can make uninfluenced decisions, they can’t take … Read more
