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[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Netflix needs the full Bud Light treatment for this

[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

Progress is slower when one focuses more on tone of feedback given versus the substance of feedback.

Being offended with tone of feedback makes the brain reject or ignore the substance.

[Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) @TeamTrump]

Above all, during this sacred season, our souls are full of thanks and praise for Almighty God for sending us Christ, his son, to redeem the world.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

You’re not supposed to be fighting dragons that aren’t in your way.

[Carl Jung Archive @QuoteJung]

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

[philosophy for life @philosophy_life]

"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."

—Rumi

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

The older you get, the more you appreciate those “normal” days when nothing happens, when you are just chilling with people you love, relaxing alone with a book, or going for a walk in a familiar neighborhood. You don’t need to be overstimulated all the time to live a happy life.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

You can not be a good person until you know how much evil you contain within you.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

The Christmas Story: Jesus was born because God was not content leaving his world so damaged by sin.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

A key to learning from everyday mistakes is learning to laugh at yourself.

Self-deprecating humor disrupts defensiveness and builds humility. It reminds you that you're only human.

Taking your responsibilities seriously should never stand in the way of taking your ego lightly.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Australian magpies can mimic many different bird songs, and even the calls of other animals.

Molly, for example, plays better with Peggy since when she learned to bark like her.

[📹 peggyandmolly]
https://t.co/gfvQ2kqXVL

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

How to keep an open mind:

1. Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments

2. Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong

3. Build a challenge network: seek out people who sharpen your reasoning

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

True

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

On the aerodynamics of dogs
https://t.co/hzVCRCGVkt

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

What should college presidents do now, as trust in higher ed falls toward zero? (It was quite high before 2015.) This list of 5 steps, from @sapinker, is exactly right. All 5 are essential. I hope students, faculty, and alumni will forward this to the leaders of their schools

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

My parents were married for 55 years. One morning, my mom was going downstairs to make dad breakfast, she had a heart attack and fell. My father picked her up as best he could and almost dragged her into the truck. At full speed, without respecting traffic lights, he drove her to the hospital.

When he arrived, unfortunately she was no longer with us.

During the funeral, my father did not speak; his gaze was lost. He hardly cried.

That night, his children joined him. In an atmosphere of pain and nostalgia, we remembered beautiful anecdotes and he asked my brother, a theologian, to tell him where Mom would be at that moment. My brother began to talk about life after death and guesses as to how and where she would be.

My father listened carefully. Suddenly he asked us to take him to the cemetery.

"Dad!" we replied, "it's 11 at night, we can't go to the cemetery right now!"

He raised his voice, and with a glazed look he said: "Don't argue with me, please don't argue with the man who just lost his wife of 55 years."

There was a moment of respectful silence, we didn't argue anymore. We went to the cemetery. With a flashlight we reached her grave.

My father sat down, prayed, and told his children: "It was 55 years... you know? No one can really talk about true love if haven't done life with a person."

He paused and wiped his face.

"She and I, we were together in the good and in the bad." he continued. "When I changed jobs, we packed up when we sold the house and moved. We shared the joy of seeing our children become parents, together we mourned the departure of loved ones, we prayed together in the waiting room of some hospitals, we supported each other in pain, we hugged one another each day, and we forgave mistakes."

And then he paused and added, "Children, that's all gone and I'm happy tonight. Do you know why I'm happy? Because she left before me. She didn't have to go through the agony and pain of burying me, of being left alone after my departure. I will be the one to go through that, and I thank God for that. I love her so much that I wouldn't have liked her to suffer..."

When my father finished speaking, my brothers and I had tears streaming down our faces. We hugged him and he comforted us, "It's okay. We can go home. It's been a good day."

That night I understood what true love is. It is more than just romanticism and sex, it's two people who stand beside one another, who are committed to one another ... through all the good and bad that life throws at you.

Peace in your hearts.

🖊 Author Unknown

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

You should be careful to live your life fully, and marriage and children and grandchildren, and all the trouble and heartbreak that accompanies all of that, is much of what life has to offer. Miss it at your great peril.

[Robert Greene Archive @GreeneBot]

Timidity will destroy you.

[VIEW @viewsoff]

Winter in
Paris or New York