It is very difficult to transcend the monotonous expectations of the workplace. We still have performance reviews, deadlines, and an unspoken drive to only succeed.

We’d like to believe that everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but we usually take the side of the story we hear first.

When discussing slavery here, we aren’t talking about 1619. We are not talking about people working for no living wage, or to clear a debt. The slavery we are referring to is our attachment to the things of this world. Think about it. We want stuff, obtain stuff, and then we become a slave to…

The more we attribute negativity towards ourselves, the more we spiral into the states of depression we seek to remove ourselves from, ironically with more pride.

Ironically, doubling down on self-love confirms the need for external validation by trying to become its opposite.

How do we know when we are afraid? Through this learning process, we’ve realized that we need our opposites to learn what things truly mean. Courage is not the absence of fear, but true courage needs fear to act courageously. When we are afraid we fail to accept that we don’t know the unknown. We…

I’ve been completely enthralled with contradictions and paradoxes. Most of the time my brain has been trying to reconcile opposites. We don’t sit with contradictions for too long. If anything, we try to get rid of them when they come up. How can I receive joy from sadness? How is there life through death? We…

It almost seems as though judging good behaviors in others is a form of narcissism because it only takes into account how we feel when others behave.

If we don’t have the justice system or our parents to punish us when we feel guilty, we do it ourselves.

I’ve come to realize negative outcomes are just as likely as positive. Not thinking about the other side doesn’t make it go away.