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Enjoying the deferral of death
“When we go through life waiting for our struggles to be recognised, to be seen as the walking wounded, or the ones that survived, we become defined by that survival. We become survivors. Survivors don’t enjoy the sweetness of life. They simply enjoy the deferral of death.” From The Egosystem in the chapter titled Recognise…
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Ingratitude starts with you
We most often only realise that we’re ungrateful for a blessing that we have when it’s too late. That’s when regret sets in and either spurs us on to improve our awareness of what we should be grateful for, or it makes us bitter for the loss that we experienced. Gratitude is something that no…
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Gratitude starts with you
The very essence of gratitude lies in recognising the value of what we have. That sounds obvious, yet so many take for granted the lives that they have while yearning for a life that feels out of reach. The moment we long for something that isn’t there, we risk taking for granted that which is…
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Judging bad behaviour
I have yet to meet someone who behaves poorly when they feel appreciated. Yet, we’re most often focused on the poor behaviour instead of their feeling of insignificance. The same is true for us. Our anger, bitterness, or rebellion is simply an expression intended to reclaim our significance when significant others treat us as if…
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Be true about seeking truth
If you’re sincere about seeking the truth, you won’t be distracted by the source or tone through which it arrives. The truth is only harsh if you’re not willing to accept it. The harshness enters when we need to hear something more palatable or pleasant about ourselves because we need the validation that says that…
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Rediscover who you are
The journey of rediscovery of the self is the greatest joy of all. It shakes off the cobwebs that life tends to accumulate, and breaks the chains that we’ve used to tether ourselves to past experiences. Rediscover who you really are, so that you can shake off the debris that you accumulated through the years…
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Are you grateful for you?
Whenever asked about gratitude, the inevitable response is one that is focused on everything we have around us. Sometimes, we consider our health and our skills. At other times we recognise the value of things not being as bad as they could have been. And we convince ourselves that this is being grateful. But how…
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Money is not the root of evil
Money is nothing more than a tool. It’s a means to an end, not a motivation in itself. Even its accumulation through miserliness, or its wastage through extravagance still makes it nothing more than a tool to achieve a greater goal. Ingratitude is what results in such tools being used to our detriment, or to…