Our worry chambers
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5h ago
We all worry. It is a common emotion for humans. It is also true that as we age, we start worrying more, you will hardly see a kid worrying about what will happen tomorrow, but we can see many grownups, including teenagers who worry a lot about the future. Even though uncertainty is an inherent aspect of our lives and there is nothing much we can do about it, we worry. Worrying is so addictive that we also start worrying about why we worry so much. In reality, there is no escape from worrying after we cross a certain age threshold, we create our own worry chambers and go there more often than ..read more
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Galvanized and glossy unhappiness
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1w ago
If we glance at social media posts, we can't miss noticing that almost everyone is having a great time and is politically astute with very strong views and opinions about almost every topic. These are not bad things at all, everyone should be happy and be aware of what is happening around them socially and politically. However, if we look closely, this is not about happiness or awareness, this is all about sharing our curated lives and propagating our beliefs. Previously politicians and celebrities used to do this, now, almost everyone is doing it. I remember that people used to accuse politic ..read more
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12th Anniversary!
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3w ago
Wow! Today is the 12th anniversary of this blog. What an incredible journey this has been for me. I started this blog as a new adventure, as a platform to share my views and opinions for others to read and develop their own views and opinions. After more than 600 posts and more than 450,000 words, here we are, celebrating 12 years of our togetherness. I have received a lot of encouragement and feedback from my readers of all ages, starting from teenagers to senior citizens, and each of them taught me something valuable. Thank you for all this support and encouragement. I plan to continue this ..read more
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We are human being and not human doing
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1M ago
Our actions and work are integral parts of our personality. At a very early stage of our lives, we realize that what we do gets us appreciation and recognition. Initially, it is our parents whose recognition and appreciation we crave for. As they applaud and praise each and every small progress as a child, this action and appreciation pattern is set in our minds. Whenever we do something good, we look around to make sure that people are watching so that our good acts don't go unnoticed. Slowly, we start imagining ourselves based on these appreciations and recognitions, we forget that we have e ..read more
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We are not born for the pleasure of others
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1M ago
We all seek validation. This is one thing we learn very early. Children feel happy and encouraged when people around them applaud and when their parents appreciate and reward them. When we get good grades, our parents seem to love us more and look happy. When we agree with people around us they tend to treat us nicely. However, when we question things, especially things related to culture, religion, or politics, people seem more hostile. When we fail or do something that is against the expectations of our parents or other family members they seem to be disappointed and unhappy even though we m ..read more
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History is always incomplete and biased
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2M ago
History is important. It is important to know about past mistakes and learn from them to avoid repeating them. However, history is rarely used for this purpose. Mostly, history is used to boast about the past, instill feelings of unreasonable pride, fuel perpetual hate among communities by using some tragic and unpleasant incidents from the past, or glorify certain characters to create a cult. There are several examples to demonstrate that we refuse to learn lessons from history and purposely repeat the same mistakes to inflict the same wounds. For example, communities who suffered genocide or ..read more
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Don't trade self-respect for respect from others
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2M ago
Validation from others is one of the basic requirements for humans. We don't live in groups that we call society for only physical safety, but also because it is emotionally not easy for humans to survive alone. Humans are social animals, and with social life comes interaction with others, with that interaction comes different types of personal and social exchanges. Humans crave validation and respect from others. If our views, behavior, and personality are respected by others, we feel validated and our thinking about self-worth improves. Very few of us can ignore this need to get validation f ..read more
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Happy New Year!
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3M ago
Happy New Year to all my readers and well-wishers! We all added another year of valuable experiences to our lives. Our experiences and learnings from those experiences make us who we are and how we behave with others. Every new year brings a lot of hope and enthusiasm to us, it gives us an opportunity to restart if we are feeling stuck for some reason. Not everyone needs the occasion of a new year to restart, but for anyone who is looking for such an opportunity, a new year is a good occasion to consider such a restart. Celebrations and occasions to have some social time could help us with our ..read more
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Signs of a closed mind
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3M ago
"This is who I am." "This is how it has always been done." "Because that's our culture." These are just a few statements we hear people around us saying or saying ourselves, either casually or purposely. We use these statements to demonstrate that our prior experiences dictate our current and future decisions. However, in reality, we are expressly admitting that who we have been in the past will control our future, and we are not open to any challenges to our beliefs and values. In short, we accept that we are prisoners of our past. This is not a sign of self-growth, but one of the signs of a ..read more
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No one is watching
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3M ago
We all are told that someone is watching us all the time. I was told as a child that god is watching all the time, once that didn't work I was told that some ghost was watching, if that failed it changed to the police are watching, once the effect of this also waned, then some other scary thing was watching. I feel the intent behind making people believe that someone is always watching is to stop them from doing wrong things. Especially, if that someone has the power to control and punish you we are supposed to behave to get the approval of that entity by behaving as per that entity's will. Th ..read more
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