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Sharon Pillai
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Jan 18

Getting Out of Bed in the Dark Sucks

And Here’s Why I’m Doing It — Okay, I get it. I’ve been on notice for some time now by something alerting me to the idea of getting out of bed by 5 AM. I am supposing that 5 AM is repeatedly mentioned because somebody with effectiveness and productivity on the brain came up with this brilliant…

Writing Process

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Getting Out of Bed in the Dark Sucks
Getting Out of Bed in the Dark Sucks
Writing Process

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Nov 19, 2022

Along the Road to Happiness

Living Well is a Journey — There’s a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities — Ursula K. Le Guin — Does living in the wealthiest nation on earth provide us with what…

Self Help

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Along the Road to Happiness
Along the Road to Happiness
Self Help

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Oct 11, 2022

Receiver

Don’t think about why you question, simply don’t stop questioning. Don’t worry about what you can’t answer, and don’t try to explain what you can’t know. Curiosity is its own reason. Aren’t you in awe when you contemplate the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure behind reality…

Loss Of A Parent

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Receiver
Receiver
Loss Of A Parent

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Sep 16, 2022

What is in My Hands?

Has it Been There All Along? — I look at myself in a mirror, leaning in to see who is staring back. Over time it becomes unbearable. I look away but everywhere I turn is another mirror, another set of eyes scrutinizing me. I am nothing without my mirrors. They collect me and I collect them. I…

Forgiveness

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What is in My Hands?
What is in My Hands?
Forgiveness

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Jul 28, 2022

No Other Choice

What Prevents Me From Falling into Despair — From the news: Millions of acres of Roundup saturated soil that has loaded our food with toxins and leached out the good medicine that naturally occurs inside plants when they are grown in proper, non-chemicalized conditions. …

How To Persevere

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No Other Choice
No Other Choice
How To Persevere

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Jun 27, 2022

What Are We Pledging Allegiance to?

As Someone Much Wiser Than I Said, America is in the Heart — I have pledged my allegiance to my country thousands of times as a child mostly in a mindless mumbling of memorized mumbo jumbo that was the mandatory exercise every morning in my governmentally funded school. The tradition was passed down to us over the past hundred thirty years or so…

Pledge Of Allegiance

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What Are We Pledging Allegiance to?
What Are We Pledging Allegiance to?
Pledge Of Allegiance

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Jun 25, 2022

Why I am Not (Or am I?) Laurie Anderson

A Semi-Creator’s Battle with Creativity — Why am I not Laurie Anderson? I asked myself that question after listening to her talk in a video recently and something rose up, stirred up on the inside, like the beginning, sputtering flow of water after priming a pump. This usually happens whenever I listen to any creator talk…

Creativity

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Why I am Not (Or am I?) Laurie Anderson
Why I am Not (Or am I?) Laurie Anderson
Creativity

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Jun 2, 2022

Growing as a Child was Easy. Now What?

How do you measure your progression through life? What constitutes moving forward or backward? Or getting stuck in a ditch? Can you tell the difference? Is forward momentum created by simply making changes big or small, not settling for the same old, same old? Is that how you make certain…

Growth

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Growing as a Child was Easy. Now What?
Growing as a Child was Easy. Now What?
Growth

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May 2, 2022

Freedom Song

Jacob Collier, Mad Musician, Bringer of Divinity into the World — I don’t know how else to say this. Words, Music, Art are EVERYTHING. You hear me? EVERYTHING. They are somehow the conduit to the universe. To joy. An unfettered pipeline to paradise. You hear me? I don’t know what other words I can use to express this. You can jump…

Freedom

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Freedom Song
Freedom Song
Freedom

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Apr 7, 2022

Kintsugi — the Gold In Between

More Than Asian or American, the Hyphen Defines Me — I was suddenly put in my place by a random stranger when he said to me, “Hey you stupid Jap.” This was my first time hearing this particular ethnic slur and it cut. I was walking on a college campus with a friend as we headed to the parking lot…

Biculturalism

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Kintsugi — the Gold In Between
Kintsugi — the Gold In Between
Biculturalism

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