Tag: life
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What if the Abruptness of Life is a Feature, not a Bug
I have been exploring people who did not have a single trajectory in their careers and lives. People who have zig-zagged their way to reach…reach a place they defined, instead of what they were told. When I look around and find everyone very sure of where they want to reach; being able to define themselves…
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The Anatomy of Faith: A Case for Rationality
How can you actually be delusional? Does that mean having faith, and if so, what does faith even mean? As someone who is very cause-and-effect oriented, if you’ve had a chance to speak with me on certain subjects, I will bring up data and the sequence of events. But on the other end, if you…
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Your Belief in Magic Might be the Hurdle
The magic is what exactly? Is it some form of this unknown key to manifestation? Is it the power to concentrate so completely on something that you pull it out of literal air? Is it vision boarding? I believe magic is what is, at the moment, out of your capacity to believe what can happen…
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Miss Nostalgia is a Liar
I catch myself ruminating at odd hours, sometimes in the middle of the day, staring at the precipitation on my plastic coffee cup, sometimes as I turn in my bed for the 10th time and watch the first sunrays plotting to enter through the blinds. The time of the day is of no consequence to…
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The wisdom is the kid who asks too many whys
What if the child in you and the wisdom are the same voice? You find yourself surrounded by questions that don’t seem to stop. What comes next? Why doesn’t it feel the way I thought it would? Will it always feel like this? It’s like being on a floaty in the middle of a river…
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Noooo…that’s not what I meant
Do you ever look up at a cloudy sky and feel a wave of melancholy? Sometimes I wonder if the sky is simply trying something new, like slipping into a puff-sleeved dress, or devouring cotton candy with reckless hunger. And when it hears the collective sigh of humans interpreting its mood all wrong… does it…
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Embracing the Messy Middle of Founding
Starting something of my own feels different every time, though I must be honest, it always does. This time I carry the thrill of a beginner and the quiet weight of previous experiments. It is like the moment when a bright eyed crush begins to turn into love: the butterflies still flutter, but you have…
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Flame
Cooking on low flame, brings out the best flavors. We can taste the best flavors of our lives, if we stay patient and keep the flame alive.