Posts in Thoughts

I have a very conscious feeling that I am not doing something—something I should be doing. On one hand, I look at people who are determinedly going somewhere, achieving things, and not just for the sake of achieving, not just for the social-material benefits they gain once they do, but first and foremost because they are living a life they love fully, without reservation.

Yes, an immigrant (who is not surrounded by close people or is surrounded by those who were not around them in their homeland) may begin to yearn for the "old" days and familiar places particularly strongly.

I've determined a very important point. First and foremost, I will now always pay attention to how a person communicates. It doesn't matter - whether it's in person, over the phone, on Skype, or responding to comments in their journal....

Lately, I've been concerned (although I've almost gotten used to it, intellectually understanding it even though it's still difficult to accept) by the fact that many people draw conclusions about us based on fragments (even tiny pieces) of information about us, which not only cannot form any somewhat realistic picture but also completely distort the existing perception of us.

Renee.... This is not about shaming plastic surgery. The shock is about a beautiful woman wanting and making herself look entirely different. And not just that even... If she was not famous a few would have noticed. They would be shocked to but would get used to it.

Reality slowly begins to nudge us, that is, to prove that what surrounds us is just a reflection of what is inside us.

You know how it goes – you read, you read about something, you think you understand it, you intellectually grasp it, like, for example, that childhood traumas can affect us throughout our lives, you see how it works, but it doesn't quite sink in completely, it doesn't become part of your foundational knowledge, your understanding of life.

I had two beliefs, each of which seemed very logical to me and was confirmed by my life experience and other less significant understandings of the world and life. But they didn't want to work together, that is, there was no logic.

What is cognitive dissonance? It is the overlay of reality, experienced through personal experience, on a specific paradigm of perceiving this reality.

Thank you... Thank you for opening up to me. Even if just a little bit. You are warm. You want to open up, even though you’re scared, just like everyone else. But your desire to open is stronger than your fear.