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“What’s Your Truth?”
What’s your definition of truth? If someone walked up to you and asked, how would you define it? Why?” Continue reading
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The Innocence of Children
“Wish I could capture your laughter in a bottle, and breathe in its beauty when I’m out of breath.” Continue reading
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When Death Gives Birth to Humility
Have you ever felt guilty trying to console someone who has lost a loved one even though it’s not your fault? Like, why do we say we’re sorry in the first place? What have we ourselves done? We apologize because we’re sorry for their sadness, and also because somehow, their loss has humbled us: “It… Continue reading
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We Weaken Ourselves
“The only time anything possesses power over us is when we weaken ourselves.” Continue reading
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Deception
Definition: a lie that is made to look like the truth. “They baptize themselves in tradition’s rebellion; intoxicated by the signs of the times.” Continue reading
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History vs. Truth
I would actually like to write more on this topic at a later date. But for now, enjoy this word: “One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner….and simply remember the… Continue reading
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Understanding the Revolution
“We must begin to understand that a revolution entails not only the willingness to lay our lives on the firing line and get killed. In some ways, this is an easy commitment to make. To die for the revolution is a one-shot deal; to live for the revolution means taking on the more difficult commitment… Continue reading
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