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Emotion regulation is not about controlling what you feel. It's about choosing how you respond.
Wise people don't suppress emotion. They find constructive ways to express it.
Intense feelings don't always demand immediate reactions. They often benefit from deep reflection.
The Loneliness No One Talks About
No one warns you about the loneliness that comes with growing.
The silence when old friendships stop fitting, but new ones haven’t formed.
The ache of outgrowing places, conversations, even versions of yourself.
Growth is beautiful, but it can also be isolating.
Keep growing anyway. You’ll find your kindred spirits.
Imagine if social media closed everyday at 5pm like a shop;
We would all be forced to meet up and speak to each other in real life, to be present with our families, to go outside, to create something new or to read, or to simply just be with ourselves.
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A female fencer has refused to compete against a biological man in a tournament at the University of Maryland. She took the knee and laid down her sword. The judges disqualified her. She is a true champion.
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My friend’s mother stands outside abortion clinics and tries to gently take women aside to have a word before they head in.
She gets a lot of abuse.
But one day, she spoke with a young woman and convinced her to keep the baby.
They are now friends and the young mother sends her updates and photos of her child.
From Andrew Egger 1) "nearly all the affected employees were notified that they were welcome back at their jobs. But at the Los Alamos nuclear facility and across NNSA, shell-shocked employees remain unsure whether or how soon the axe might fall again."
2) " Now, morale agencywide is “through the floor,” another NNSA employee said. “Leadership is scared of speaking out about things—you know, the nail that sticks out is gonna get hammered down.”"
Things like this happen when bad managers are in charge--Trump never admitted to his mistakes in Afghanistan, bragged about his excessive bankruptcies, has set poor examples of marital morality.