We drive every cell in our bodies to find the comfort zone. And yet, if we stay there too long, we’ll die. It’s difficult to see that you’re stuck in the comfort zone, let alone get yourself out of it. This zone is safe and peaceful. A protective shield surrounds you like a clear bubble. An illusion that you are actually in the world, but you are not. You are in the comfort zone, while the world passes you by. But...
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Grieving for normal.
There will never be business as usual. We will never go back to normal. We are all grieving for normal. If you thought you were going to turn the page on your calendar and have a fresh new start. Think again. Everything that has happened in 2020 and the unfathomable first week of 2021 has changed us. It has changed every individual hanging on this rock. Grieving for normal. And we each are grieving. Grieving for normal. Grieving for the future...
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What values guide us collectively? What virtues guide our individual actions? What we need now is courage. Our words and actions tell the world what we value and shout our virtues. During much of the history-making events of the past several years (and especially today), this version of the Serenity Prayer reminds me to keep wisdom, courage, and calm within reach. To choose my words wisely and to make my philosophy about ‘works not words’ as Seneca says. Have I done...
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