Tag: Life
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On Relationships: Trust, Authenticity, and Communication
What makes or breaks a relationship? This is what I have learnt and come to believe.
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Someday you will miss today… (SNOTM)
Stuff No-one Told Me features comics that you might enjoy if you’re striving to make sense of life like their author Alex Noriega. Here’s my favourite one:
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Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist (TED)
A beautifully told story and an inspiring testament to the power of human empathy: She looked at me with the weary eyes of someone who had experienced enough dogmatism to last a lifetime, and said, “I’m tired of hating people.”
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Where Did All the Books Go?
Whole books reduced to a character, a concept, an example… Good morning/afternoon/evening dear readers, I hope you’re well. More impertinently, I hope my absence has been missed. I’ve certainly missed writing for you, and I’d hate to think my affections one-sided. It has been a month since my last proper post (Labels). And, the writing-addict…
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On Work
Why do we work? To earn a living? For something else? For something more? I am at work. And I am feeling restless. No, I am not blogging during working hours. It is lunchtime. And since I’m not hungry, I might as well substitute physical for psychological nourishment. There is a lot of change happening…
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Two Worlds
When you live in a city, you don’t only become part of it; it becomes part of you. I first had the idea for this post in a shower. And for weeks it has been brewing in the back of my mind. Partly because I have been feeling tired recently, which is no good for…
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Maria on Living in the Age of Anxiety
Another thoughtful piece from Maria on life (and living) in the modern era. I particularly enjoyed this quote from Alan Watts: The “primary consciousness,” the basic mind which knows reality rather than ideas about it, does not know the future. It lives completely in the present, and perceives nothing more than what is at this moment. The…
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Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career (TEDx)
One of, if not the most, memorable TED talks I’ve ever watched (4 times as of 26/12/14):
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