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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When has sitting quietly with a hard memory actually changed what you did next?”
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Came across this James Baldwin clip on my Facebook feed. He said: “Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.... - BRZ47...
People love the truth until it disagrees with them. Let's talk about it.
One thing I’ve noticed is that most people believe they want honesty. They’ll say they value it. They’ll ask for it. They’ll demand it from other people. But the real test isn’t how we respond to truth that confirms what we already believe.... - Sassiebrat67...
Angry, powerless, and sick
I was speaking to my hunny today about the situation this Country is in and how its affecting my every day life. I spend long nights up, researching different ways we the people can take back control from the govt, and I'm flailing.... - Benzi...
The best thing I’ve done ( to "...get rid of the MAGA nonsense and move forward.") is creating real life friendships with people who voted for Trump.... - marcello...
Cities and Ambition
I recently reread this Paul Graham essay [ https://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html ]. It’s about what messages individual places send their inhabitants vis-a-vis which ambitions are good.... - 2day...
Families need to remember each other. We are born into our family and share the same characteristics, ancestry and genes. We should honor each other with enough grace to forgive our many differences, no matter how extreme they may be.... The meaning for money exchange
You’re heard people talk about work as “time for money” exchange, where you sell your limited hours to an employer for a price that makes it worth it to do stuff they care more about than you. Some people talk about shifting to charging for outcomes, instead of hours.... 🕊️“Awakening” and “enlightenment” are terribly vague terms for most people
🕊️“Awakening” and “enlightenment” are terribly vague terms for most people. sometimes referring to the universal, undeniable sense of being that is so simple and everpresently already here that we almost never think to pay attention to it (without training), except when... Noticing how I'm watching the debate
My system is naturally watching for whose answers seem more solid, confident. So far, JD Vance seems a little more stable. Tim Walz seems comfortable when attacking, but very nervous and uncertain when trying to answer the core content of a question.... Open Question July 22: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go?
Hey y'all, Wars, trillionaires, and AI everything... we're all wrestling with wild change, making decisions to try to hold on, let go, or something else. So this week: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go? Privacy. Reading. Offices. Cash.... - Tom Van Wyen...
Harmony – Gratitude – Inheritance It was the fall of 1982. The USS Trepang, the nuclear fast-attack submarine I served on, had set the Maneuvering Watch as we made our way back to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after two weeks at sea.... - Tom Van Wyen...
I Believe
I believe that we are put on this earth to improve it, and the humans inhabiting it, starting with ourselves. I believe we all need to be taught certain truths about the human condition before we begin our journey of self discovery and improvement.... - DrV...