Tag Archives: Self-Knowledge

I Have Nothing to Hide

This is what some people say when you tell them that their privacy is being taken away: “I have nothing to hide”. It’s not about hiding. It’s not about keeping your sordid past a secret. It’s the same reason we … Continue reading

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The Girl Whose Life Has No Meaning

This must have been some time early in my first semester at college. The class must have been philosophy or some other subject that encouraged discussions. The was a young woman who had been through something over the summer, some … Continue reading

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Because I Can

Because when we don’t, we know we are not being true to ourselves. Because when we don’t, we know there is something more we could have done. Because when we don’t, we forget how to conquer fear. Because someone else … Continue reading

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Do not publish this post

Struggling to stay on track. Discouraged by the mountain of work ahead to get to where I want to be. Feeling like I am just going in circles… And then I see it: I am afraid of being wrong, doing … Continue reading

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Why We Keep

So maybe you don’t keep. Maybe you shed things like water off a duck’s back. Maybe you don’t find anything slightly fascinating about junk mail. Maybe you think you don’t need old receipts and stuffed animals and clothes and paystubs and cassette … Continue reading

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The Brain Has Reasons

So as I mulled over the reasons for doing x and not y, I started to use a program that I had installed a while ago, called Personal Brain. This is a mind-mapping tool that lets you build a network … Continue reading

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