Being Human is Hard

Rational beings driven by irrational forces, expecting perfection from ourselves & others. Compassion and forgiveness are essential because being human is hard.

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My wish for our world is that, when confronted with something we do not understand, we ask questions... instead of passing immediate judgement and jumping to outrageous conclusions.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

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@ZubyMusic Physical life is far easier, but our mental and spiritual lives are in chaos.

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@_XDogs Loki

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@majtoure If we're serious about improvement, we need to look in the mirror.

That's where the magic happens.

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@ZubyMusic Everyone gets a voice. But no one has ears.

I believe social media is inherently antisocial.

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@mitokondriak Don't have favorite musicians, per se, but composers. Start with the classics, Beethoven's 5th/9th, Bach, Mozart, etc... you'll find so many songs you already knew. DeBussy's Claire de Lune comes to mind.

Off the path a bit, I'm a big fan of the Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.

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@ATRightMovies And like that... he was gone.

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@jeffcharlesjr I cannot say whether or not it's "true", that racism was "fixed". But I can say things are very, very different today. And by different I mean worse. Racial tensions appear far greater today than they were in the late 80s and 90s. Even with Rodney King and the LA riots.

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@thriving__kids Agreed. It's like mocking a person struggling with addiction or mental health problems... when they go see a therapist.

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@iamscottfriesen An extremely worthy goal!

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@SheenaMasonPhD Being human is hard. We like to think that we're rational, but we're not... at least, not as much as we think we are. One of the difficulties in being human is that we are always comparing ourselves to others. Especially those who seem different. Race & racism play a huge part.

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@majtoure Nothing should be banned. We need to talk, and most importantly, we need to listen.

Just my opinion.

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@_XDogs Why so glum? Come here and let's give those ears a good scratch!!

#dogsrule

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@ZubyMusic The way I view this is that, for all of the wonders of being human, we're still animals.

And the desire, or NEED to be right, is our primitive survival mind still hard at work. Contrarian views are a threat.

But that's just my POV. It's not the truth.

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@dog_rates From four years ago:

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@SheenaMasonPhD Love this so much!

I think there's so much to be gained from embracing our "sameness" than focusing on differences.

We are one race:

Humans

And each one of us is different.

😊

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@BeaverBaseball So the game is on?

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@earthcurated Heck yes!!!

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@BillsMafiaRoc Really have to agree with this one... just don't understand.

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@joey34955757 There is hope. I pray you find it. That voice in your head, your inner dialog, can be very unkind. It says things that are likely untrue. My prayer for you is that you identify the voice and realize it's not real (and it's not you). I hope you'll be okay soon!

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@wendyp4545 In my opinion...

It's hard enough to be human... to walk through life on constant alert must be excruciating.

We have created an anti-social world where distrust of our fellows is rampant.

We're alone and afraid... this is adding to our mental health epidemic.