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Care
doesn't care that often, we don't want to care
Mar 12 • 
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Relationship
might be a word that deserves our sympathy but not our willingness to use it so frequently
Feb 14 • 
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Anxiety
is the mask that truth wears when we refuse to stop and uncover its face
Jan 31 • 
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Time
is our greatest friend
Jan 6 • 
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Now
is presently overrated
Dec 25, 2024 • 
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189
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Brand
is a false substitute for a truly growing identity
Dec 13, 2024 • 
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112
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Routine
The Complete Essay & Audio Recording
Dec 9, 2024 • 
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Routine
is disguised ritual
Dec 8, 2024 • 
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Zen
is a great, big, magnificent, all-embracing seduction of a word
Dec 3, 2024 • 
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Invisible
is what lies beyond us, below us, inside us and even above us
Nov 29, 2024 • 
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115
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Echo
is always a beautiful surprise
Nov 26, 2024 • 
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113
5
Horizons
between the known and the unknown are everywhere in our human lives
Nov 9, 2024 • 
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156
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