May 2013
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“For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish...”
– The Stranger - Albert Camus
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A 75-Year Harvard Study Finds What It Takes To... →
Insights from the landmark Grant Study.
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“There are two ways to live your life, one is as though nothing is a miracle, the...”
– Albert Einstein
“Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our...”
– Odysseus
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April 2013
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Things I've learned about life since coming to...
Relationships are messy. Faith is messy. Christianity is messy. Life is messy. It’s never clear cut or ideal.
Life, security, and comfort is very, very fragile.
Relationships are so much more important than that one project or pset or class.
I’m actually an extrovert… who knew?
Bad habits are really, really, really hard for me to break.
The real challenge for me is not to...
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“When the oceans rise and thunder roar, I...
“The lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul.”
– Khalil Gibran
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Stop Externalizing your Life →
Once you stop seeing things through the eyes of the people following you on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram you become able to make experiences your own. You can relieve yourself of the burden of having to make everyone aware of what you’re doing at all times. You can make your experiences significant because you were there and you saw the sights and smelled the smells and heard the sounds, not...
March 2013
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Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead? →
For Grant, helping is not the enemy of productivity, a time-sapping diversion from the actual work at hand; it is the mother lode, the motivator that spurs increased productivity and creativity. In some sense, he has built a career in professional motivation by trying to unpack the puzzle of his own success. He has always helped; he has always been productive. How, he has wondered for most of his...
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Your Phone vs. Your Heart →
In short, the more attuned to others you become, the healthier you become, and vice versa. This mutual influence also explains how a lack of positive social contact diminishes people. Your heart’s capacity for friendship also obeys the biological law of “use it or lose it.” If you don’t regularly exercise your ability to connect face to face, you’ll eventually find yourself lacking some of the...
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“Maybe this is why we fill our lives with the constant drivel of entertainment in...”
– David Platt - Radical
If, as a college freshman, I looked forward and saw what kind of person I am today, would I be proud? Would I be happy?
I don’t think so.
February 2013
12 posts
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Why We Love Beautiful Things →
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of...”
– Plato
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Religion And Science Are Closer Than You Think →
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Is Scientific Truth Always Beauty? →
The broader issue, though, is whether science’s search for beautiful, enlightening patterns has reached a point of diminishing returns. If science hasn’t yet hit that point, might it be approaching it?
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“Truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces....”
– Rumi
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January 2013
26 posts
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The Fight For The Future of AI →
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Why You Never Truly Leave High School →
Whether it’s for vindication or validation, whether out of self-punishment or self-appeasement, many of us choose to devote a lot of time revisiting our high-school years. That’s the crazy thing
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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
– Plato
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“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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Don’t know why this song makes me so sad and...
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We're Addicted to Stress →
“The computer is electronic cocaine for many people,” says Whybrow. “Our brains are wired for finding immediate reward. With technology, novelty is the reward. You essentially become addicted to novelty.”
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Lost in the Meritocracy →
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6 Things I Do To Be Consistently Happy →
Gifts Asian Americans Bring - Paul Tokunaga in...
I don’t like parties much, especially big ones. For me, more than six people is a crowd. This one was much bigger. I especially feel uncomfortable when I don’t know most everyone. I’m not sure what to say or how to act. So when I got the invitation, I hesitated about going. But I knew the hosts. I liked them and I knew they would want me to come. I RSVP’d that I would be...
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“Western culture says, ‘I think, therefore I am’, while Asian culture...”
– Peter Cha - Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents
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既然是朋友 →
既然是朋友。 便在没有照顾到你的情绪和冒失的伤害到你时，诚恳的说一次“对不起”。 既然是朋友。 也请你体谅我的钱包和要爱己爱家人的私心，和偶尔有的情绪发作。 既然是朋友。 就呵护好我告诉你的拉钩钩的小秘密。 既然是朋友。 就尊重我的原则和立场。 既然是朋友。 就让我们在大人的世界里，用大人间的规则，建造孩子最爱玩的游乐场。 既然是朋友，就请你知道，我并不是百分百的理解你。 但我愿用心，去靠近最真实敏感的你。 如果你给我打电话哭，我会不嫌弃的接到手哆嗦……
