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mx-bright-sky · 5 years
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(I mention one of my fics here, but reading the fic is not necessary to understand the meta)
In my fic Green Lightning, Nedzu is a larger and more present character than he is in canon. It is well known to those that read the fic that, even though he has justifications for his actions, he is more of an antagonist than a reliable mentor figure. This has lead to some people coming to the conclusion that Nedzu seems to be out of character. However, this is because of the people we see interacting with Nedzu in canon contrasting with those we see interacting with Nedzu in Green Lightning. Nedzu puts on an act in most of his canon interactions. If you look at things in canon with a critical eye, it is clear that Nedzu is canonically less "nice" than he lets on.
(Or, Nedzu is canonically a stinky rat bastard, the meta)
I will note that most of these are criticisms of UA overall, but as the principle he holds the most power and we’re given no reason to believe that he is not in charge of these decisions. Even if he didn’t make these decisions himself, he ultimately could have stopped them from going through, and that’s just as bad.
First of all, he almost completely disregards the safety of the Hero Course students. Many of them have quirks that can hurt them if they ““go beyond; Plus Ultra”” and yet the school doesn’t discourage that. In fact, it praises them for doing so, and if they don’t do the absolute best they can do despite risk of physical harm, it’s seen as disgraceful. This is clearly shown with Kaminari constantly going over his watt limit. When Kaminari uses too much of his quirk he short circuits himself and goes brain dead for a while. This is treated sometimes as a minor nuisance but mostly as a joke. However, it is entirely possible that the way he is constantly short circuiting himself does have a permanent and negative effect on him, and it could even be said that it contributes to how he is portrayed as having lower intelligence. Another big indicator of this lack of care for safety is admitting Izuku into the Hero Course. I love Izuku and I want him to be a hero, but putting him in the Hero Course after how the entrance exam was irresponsible and extremely negligent. From the entrance exam it is clear that, while powerful, Izuku’s quirk badly damages him when he uses it. The better route would have been to put him in the General Education department and keep an eye on him and see if they could help him learn to control his quirk in a less destructive way, but they don’t do that. They put him into the Hero Course because he has amazing destructive power. And you can say “But Mel! He only had rescue points! They didn’t let him in for having power!” Consider this; they gave him seventy rescue points. That’s quite a lot. Yes, he saved Uraraka and it was very heroic, but I do not think that he would have scored as many points if he had a different quirk. They put him in the Hero Course because of his power, despite how it hurts him. It is clear that on multiple levels, Nedzu does not care about the safety of the students. Why? He just wants strong heroes, and he doesn’t care about the means acquiring them. UA probably only produces the top heroes because the top heroes are the only ones who make it through UA. 
There is another concern that, while seemingly being an isolated incident, also shows disregard for the students. At the end of Sports Festival, Bakugou is chained up and forced to go to the award ceremony despite not wanting to go. This, while treated as a joke, is not okay for several reasons. First of all, this is on live television and in front of a stadium of people. It is humiliating to chain Bakugou up like that and force him to go, no matter what the context. On the same point, this is part of the reason why the villains targeted him. While his anger issues definitely contributed to it, the villains probably theorized that, due to this mistreatment at the Sports Festival, they could manipulate Bakugou to go against the heroes. And at the end of the day, there’s the fact that Bakugou shouldn’t have to accept the win if he doesn’t want it. They could have given it to Shouto even though he was technically only second place. The whole Sports Festival situation was handled very poorly, and it just shows further negligence on Nedzu’s part. Why? It’s possible he wants to try and “tame” Bakugou and make him behave instead of caring about his actual learning and growth.
Yet another show of negligence in teaching is the hiring of All Might as a teacher. Don’t get me wrong, I love All Might, but it is blatantly obvious that he is not suited to being a teacher. He’s an excellent hero, but he is just bad at being a mentor. This is presented as a joke by the source, but yet again, it’s a serious issue. He should have started by training the Hero Course students basic hand to hand combat, but instead, he launched them right into battle training on the first day. The worst is the final exams, though. All Might uses incredible brute force and could have seriously damaged Bakugou and Izuku because he didn’t hold back on them. But Nedzu hired him anyway- and by certain dialogue scenes it seems like this is something he has been asking All Might about for a long time. Being a good hero doesn’t make you a good teacher, but Nedzu ignores this. He should have at least made All Might learn how to be a teacher before hiring him, but he didn’t. And, why? The only reason he would have is because he wanted the number one hero to teach at UA. Not because he wanted a good teacher, but because UA is famed for having pros as teachers. He did it for the popularity, for being able to claim that they have the number one hero working there, as a way to “prove” that UA really is “better” than every other hero school. 
Even in the show itself, it’s addressed (if only for a single episode) that the way the entrance exam is structured is flawed. It prioritizes people with physically strong quirks, and anyone who has a quirk that is any other kind of strong is just thrown under the bus. In addition, it excludes people with support type quirks. Recovery Girl, who is an incredibly helpful retired hero, could not have passed the entrance exam. There is no way that Nedzu doesn’t know this. There is no way that this is a new problem. There’s more problems with the entrance exams than just quirk discrimination, too. What about how these people taking the entrance exam could very easily be injured in this scenarios? Recovery Girl comments to herself after the entrance exam that Izuku was the only one with serious injuries, but what about Uraraka? If Izuku hadn’t been there to help her, no one would have; everyone else was running away. She was trapped in rubble, and the zero point robot was going to run right over her. Would they have stopped it from doing so? I doubt it. There are plenty of other potential injuries from the entrance exam as well- all the rubble, robots, and even other students being reckless with quirks they don’t have full control over could easily lead to serious injuries. Nedzu could change the entrance exam, UA certainly has the money to, but he doesn’t. Why? Again, it’s weeding out the weak, it’s survival of the fittest. He wants top pro heroes, and support types of heroes don’t become top pro heroes.
This is definitely more of a societal thing than, but Nedzu definitely is one of the contributors to the problem; discrimination against quirkless people. In the first episode when the class is laughing at him and asking how he expects to get in to UA despite being quirkless, Izuku meekly protests, “They got rid of that rule.” Which means that, previously, quirkless people were outright not allowed to attend UA. Not even just systematically where it’s incredibly hard to get in if you’re quirkless; quirkless people were banned by the school’s rules themselves, plain and simple. This is blatant discrimination against quirkless people. And even though they apparently “got rid of that rule” it is still very evident that quirkless people cannot pass the Hero Course entrance exam. If Izuku never got One For All, it is doubtful he would have passed. Once again, the evidence shows that Nedzu does not look like a good guy here. But why be prejudiced against quirkless people? The best answer is that he just wants to follow the crowd so that he doesn’t stir controversy, but the worse and more likely answer is that Nedzu thinks quirkless people are useless just like the rest of society. 
So, if I have all this backing my characterization of him, the disregard of student safety, the treatment of Bakugou in the Sports Festival, hiring All Might, the entrance exam, and discrimination against the quirkless, then why do so many people seem to believe that I’m making Nedzu be out of character? I think the answer is right in the essay itself. It’s that most of these are treated as a joke. They’re not treated seriously by the narrative, so no one thinks “Hey this is actually really wrong, who’s allowing this?” Another thing is that people don’t really consider that Nedzu is behind all of this, as the principle of UA. If they look at one of these things individually and decide it’s wrong, they usually don’t look into it and decide that it’s Nedzu’s fault. They call it out as wrong, rightfully so, but they don’t get to the root of the problem. (I suppose the root could also be the society itself, but Nedzu conforms to that society.) In canon, Nedzu is only shown being the “silly animal principle uwu” who says things like “Am I a mouse? Am I a bear? Who knows!” And then the Kamino arc where UA needs to get the press of their back’s while they rescue Bakugou, Nedzu is there once again, and I’m willing to bet he only does the things he does and says the things he says to save face. 
The only other conclusion besides “Nedzu is a sneaky rat bastard” is that Nedzu just doesn’t notice these problems or realize that they’re problems. But ignorance goes against Nedzu’s entire character, so this isn’t really a conclusion at all. 
(everything else applies to my fic Green Lightning, so if you haven’t read it, this might not be something you’ll understand)
In canon, Nedzu interacts with people who he wants to put on an act for. He needs these people to believe that he cares about them as individuals and not just strong heroes (you could push it and say that strong heroes are to stop villains and “for the greater good” but tbh if Nedzu’s job is being the principal of a school that makes heroes, I think that running out of villain’s would be bad for his business, hmmmmmm I just thought of that oh no)
In Green Lightning, Nedzu has been shown only interacting with Sora and Izuku; both people that he has leverage over. Though it hasn’t been mentioned in the fic, Sora is only at UA because Nedzu let him in to help with the traitor problem. He doesn’t care about acting in front of Sora, because if Sora says anything he can kick him on the spot. Nedzu also knows that Izuku is a vigilante, and is only keeping him around because that could prove useful to weeding out the traitor. If Izuku didn’t do what Nedzu asked, Nedzu could expel Izuku and quite honestly it’s possible that he could get Izuku arrested for being a vigilante. Even if they did speak out, Nedzu could very easily discredit them because they’re children and Nedzu is the principle of UA. 
So no, Nedzu isn’t out of character at all, thank you, bye
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podcastdx · 5 years
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Arthritis
Ron: [00:00:15] Hello and welcome to podcast The Axe, this show. The brief interviews with people just like you whose lives were forever changed by a medical diagnosis. [00:00:24][9.4]
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Lita: [00:00:30] Collectively we are the hosts of podcastD X. [00:00:33][3.0]
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Ron: [00:00:56] Today's show is a forum with just the hosts and we will be talking about arthritis. Last week we touched on osteoarthritis as it relates to sciatica but that's just the tip of the iceberg. [00:01:07][10.6]
Jean: [00:01:08] Indeed. First off we should tell our listeners that there are more than 100 different forms of arthritis and related diseases. The most common are osteoarthritis rheumatoid arthritis and (psoriatic) arthritis. [00:01:22][13.6]
Lita: [00:01:23] I've heard about osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis but psoriatic arthritis is a new one to me. [00:01:29][6.2]
Jean: [00:01:30] Well according to the Arthritis Foundation psoriatic arthritis is an autoimmune inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the body causing inflammation and pain. Psoriatic arthritis affects the joints causing arthritis as well as the skin causing psoriasis. And from 30 to 40 percent of the people with psoriasis, the percentage also develops an inflammatory arthritic condition. The symptoms may include joint pain, stiffness, skin rashes, Nail changes, and fatigue, eye problems, swelling and tenderness in the hands and feet as well. [00:02:06][35.9]
Ron: [00:02:07] Wow. If there are seven and a half million people in the United States with psoriasis in 30 to 40 percent of them developed this form of arthritis that means between two and a half to three million people have it? That's not rare at all. [00:02:22][14.9]
Lita: [00:02:22] No I'm kind of surprised I never heard of it. And rheumatoid arthritis affects one and a half million while osteoarthritis, or the degenerative bone disease affects 27 million. That's the it's the killer, no not the killer, it's is the winner that has got, the most people that have it. [00:02:39][17.3]
Jean: [00:02:40] In the arthritis race. [00:02:40][0.7]
Lita: [00:02:41] Yes and in that arthritis race the osteoarthritis wins with 27 million. Oh yeah. [00:02:46][4.7]
Ron: [00:02:46] I Wouldn't want to win. [00:02:47][0.3]
Lita: [00:02:47] No no you're right. Besides being that the most common type, osteoarthritis is acquired from either wear and tear on a joint or from a previous injury to their joint. Rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis. Oh and psoriatic arthritis they're both diseases that involved the immune system attacking the tendons ligaments and joints. [00:03:09][22.0]
Jean: [00:03:10] Sounds painful. Your own immune system attacking from within seems rather sinister. [00:03:15][4.6]
Lita: [00:03:16] mmhmm. [00:03:16][0.0]
Jean: [00:03:16] The makings of a crime novel but in real life the people suffering from rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis probably wish it was just a novel instead of something they have to live with day to day. [00:03:26][9.5]
Lita: [00:03:26] Yeah [00:03:26][0.0]
Ron: [00:03:28] While researching for today's topic I read the rheumatoid arthritis can also affect the skin, eyes, lungs, the heart, kidneys, the nerve tissue and also the blood vessels. It can increase your risk of hardened or blocked arteries, inflammation of the sac surrounding your heart. It can scar lung tissue or it can increase your risk of lymphoma. Cancers that develop in the lymph system. [00:03:53][25.1]
Lita: [00:03:54] With the increased risk to these major systems. I imagine that it affects a person's lifespan. [00:03:58][4.4]
Ron: [00:04:00] It can buy as much as 10 to 15 years. It's not as simple achy joint disease. [00:04:05][5.3]
Lita: [00:04:06] No. Right. That's true Ron. And even if it doesn't get to the critical organs the joint deterioration is progressive over time. Jean, can you tell our listeners what treatments are available for rheumatoid arthritis. [00:04:19][13.3]
Jean: [00:04:20] Sure. Again I turned to the Arthritis Foundation for answers. The goals of, for treatment are to stop inflammation, relieve symptoms, prevent organ and joint damage, improve function, and overall well-being. And lastly to reduce long term complications to stop inflammation aggressive treatment as early as possible is recommended. This would include but is not limited to arthritis medication using natural treatments to ease pain and at times surgical intervention is required. Joint surgery may include the total replacement of the joint or the resurfacing or repairing of the damaged areas. [00:04:58][38.2]
Ron: [00:04:59] That right. The natural treatment your doctor may prescribe include Supplements Herbs vitamins and minerals. There's additional information on the Arthritis Foundation Web site and you can find a link on our site Podcast D X dot com. [00:05:16][16.2]
Lita: [00:05:17] Yes. Our Web site will include more information and videos about rheumatoid arthritis. Let's talk a little bit more about osteoarthritis. This is the most prevalent form of arthritis. [00:05:28][10.4]
Jean: [00:05:29] Well I can start us off with some basics. Osteo arthritis is a type of joint disease that results from the breakdown of joint cartilage as well as the bones the cartilage is attached to the most common symptoms are joint pain and stiffness. Early on you may only notice these symptoms following exertion but with the disease as it progresses to the point where you know you might feel pain and stiffness all the time. [00:05:53][24.2]
Ron: [00:05:54] Right. In the most common joints affected are the fingers the neck, lower back knees and the hips. Osteo arthritis may be caused by previous knee injury but can also be due to abnormal joint or limb development, or even inherited factors. It turns into a vicious cycle of pain because as you feel the pain, so you stop using that body part in order to not feel the pain. But then the muscles in that area get weak causing more mechanical stress than the joint in joint inflammation and deterioration. [00:06:25][30.9]
Lita: [00:06:26] Vicious cycle is right even though there's no cure, There are things that you can do to help alleviate the pain and stop the cycle of deterioration. The Arthritis Foundation recommends that you start with hot and cold compresses which Jean was talking about earlier which, they may be beneficial. Heat may help with the stiffness and cold may help reduce the joint pain. Epsom salt baths may also help with inflammation and pain. You can add two cups of epsom salt to a tub of warm water. Exercise is another great way to keep that motion in the affected joint. This is what they do in physical therapy. If you can use a warm therapy pool you'll get the opportunity to exercise and the water's buoyancy helps take your body weight off of the joint while surrounded by warm water. It's a win win win. [00:07:18][51.3]
Jean: [00:07:20] Yay! [00:07:20][0.0]
Lita: [00:07:20] Your doctor may prescribe pain medications or over-the-counter medications such as ibuprofen. [00:07:24][4.5]
Jean: [00:07:26] In addition there are many supportive devices available that can add support to the affected joints. These include braces, canes, grabbing tools, gloves, knee taping and shoe inserts. You can actually find a list of several of these items on our website. As far as natural remedies green tea has been shown to increase cartilage production and help reduce inflammation. But even though it is considered a natural product anything taken in large amounts is not good for you and great amounts of green tea can affect the liver. So it's best to take it a moderation and under the guidance of your doctor and the same warning should come into play with tumoric and ginger both have anti inflammatory properties but are not safe in large doses like we always say check with your doctor first. [00:08:11][45.5]
Ron: [00:08:13] Indeed. Let me add, that from a recreational therapy standpoint, the best type of exercise for osteoarthritis, use light resistance, it improves flexibility and they offer an aerobic element, they're considered to be low impact. Some of these activities include bike riding, swimming, Taichi, walking and yoga. Your doctor would probably suggest starting slowly and building up over time. And if you wear proper footwear your joints will appreciate that. We will be interviewing a sports podiatrist in the coming weeks and we will be sure to ask him specifically what shoes are best for different activities in which shoes you should avoid. [00:08:56][43.0]
Jean: [00:08:57] Wow. We have covered a lot of ground and there is still so much more to learn. For additional information. Talk with your health care team and please go to our Web site and look at the resources page for arthritis. But for now we are going to wrap up today's show just like you'd wrap up a bad ankle. [00:09:15][18.1]
Lita: [00:09:15] OK, or the knee or true, we really needed to just cover the topic in broad strokes. If you have arthritis or know someone that has it and would like to be interviewed for our show please contact us and if you have questions or comments related to today's show you can contact us at podcast dx at yahoo dot com through our Web site. Podcast D X dot com. Our Facebook page. Instagram or Twitter. [00:09:45][29.5]
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The 30 Things I Learned By The Age Of 30
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The 30 Things I Learned By The Age Of 30
My make an effort to convey the understanding Ive acquired previously 3 decades, has shown to be tougher than initially anticipated. It was not simply dependent on listing a number of learning, but prioritising deciding on probably the most critical ones, which have created a lengthy-lasting imprint on me and also have formed my persona in the manner people and that i recognise it today.
Captured, I visited the greatest mosaic museum on the planet known as the Zeugma museum in Gaziantep, Poultry. I recall on that day, after i lurched among the traditional ruins gloriously erected, I almost felt like travelling back in its history. Every mosaic told a tale every coloured stone symbolized an instalment, that when put together, recreated an entire era.
When I was approaching 30, a cascade of questions and solutions was triggered within my mind. What have I learned previously 3 decades? Have I learned anything more? I reflected, dug up hidden recollections, relived vivid souvenirs, so that they can recreate the mosaic of my very own existence.
1. Things are transient.
Like lots of people, I increased up believing in eternity. Eternal existence, eternal love, and eternal happiness are the eternals I aspired to achieve. Whether instigated by religion or fear, eternity is really a myth, a phantom we secretly nurture within the shadows in our ideas, wishing itll become real eventually. This is exactly what my recurring losses helped me understand. My existence occasions were really like waves where I surfed, just for a short while. All of them hit my inner shores eventually, and disappeared within the sands of my recollections. Several things remained, yes, however they weren’t exactly the same again. Things are temporary. Dont you believe?
2. The grass isnt greener on the other hand.
We spend a lot of our time wanting to have what we should do not have. If there exists a garden, get married want a forest, and there exists a forest, get married want a jungle, and when there exists a jungle, well, get married want an outdoor. We believe that other bands life is better. We believe their moon is definitely full as well as their stars will always be better. I personally, wasn’t safe from this type of demeanour. But oh how mistaken we’re! Dont we all know that everyone has an encumbrance to hold, that people each one is soldiers of existence fighting a fight nobody knows of? I learned to invest time watering my inner garden and sowing my very own seeds. In the end, our vegetation is all prone to droughts and worms, regardless of by which land they grow. Grass is grass.
3. The ego is really a weapon of mass destruction.
I increased in a culture that constantly attempts to prove itself. Held in challenging between conservatism and liberalism, we constantly look for a name that defines us, and reclaim the lost bits of ourselves scattered between your East and also the West. This can be more pronounced within my culture compared to others, however i dare say it is not uncommon to anybody. Dont all of us attempt to prove ourselves in lots of ways? Dont everybody wants to demonstrate we exist? This really is known as ego. A dominating energy that reflects our need to impose, conquer, overtake, and win. I personally, fell prey to my ego many occasions. Pride, arrogance, and pretension are signs and symptoms of the magnified I and major hurdles to achieving ones full potential. Our ego destroys us, destroys others, and blinds us. I learned to become more humble, more loving, to compromise, and also to forgive. In a nutshell, I learned to determine more with me for it is just using the heart that you can see appropriately what’s essential is invisible towards the eye.
4. Kindness is really a weapon of mass construction.
Are we able to all recall a period when weve been mistreated? It takes place nearly anywhere: at the office, in your own home, around the roads, as well as in our social circles. Doesnt it? Mistreatment is a kind of violence that fuels the demons of revenge laying dormant beneath our ego. Our reactions frequently mention similar amounts of anger, abuse, and harshness. Ive done that the couple of occasions, until I finally learned to target your product more frequently. Being kind one of the baby wolves is neither cowardice nor weakness, as our ego falsely signifies. Kindness is really a weapon of mass construction, the best expression of maturity and knowledge. It rebuilds the dismantled bits of love, restores ones dignity, and soothes the hardest emotional wounds. Visiting consider it, kindness happens to be rewarding in my experience and it has always done me justice. So regardless of how strong the need to harm or destroy another may be, I learned to allow kindness prevail, because its only then that i’m a champion.
5. Locating a lifetime partner isn’t a pre-requisite for happiness.
We reside in a world where finding our spouse is regarded as essential, a supreme goal by itself. The majority of us recognize the eternal symphony and it is traditional movements sang everywhere: locating the (right) one, marriage, and getting children. While with a this can be a secret recipe for happiness, in my experience its known as noise, an annoying resonance without anyone’s knowledge. I learned how to disregard it. Actually, I realized which i met many ones, but these were okay. Simply because they didnt stay, doesnt mean these were wrong. With time, I learned to write my very own sonata and produced different movements. I known as them self-sufficiency, autonomy, freedom, and independence. I’m each one of these four. I’m grounded. I’m proud.
6. Happiness hides in tiny problems.
After I was more youthful, I produced a picture of myself at age 30 that is today a black and white-colored picture resting within the album of my memory. I stored it there purposefully to help remind me of methods far I had been from reality. All of the expectations and hopes I’d for which a contented existence appears like were just a fantasy. For the reason that photo, I had been posing having a husband and three children, all whom I havent met yet. My existence today is basically traditional. It doesnt meet our societys minimum standards of the happy existence. But oh how wealthy I’m! How free and lucky I’m to see adventures unusual and moments of infinite pleasure! I discovered happiness in tiny problems: within the corners of coffee houses, in a single type of a magazine, in greeting a destitute, in exchanging a grin having a stranger, in wandering in an exceedingly old castle. We do not need to follow along with the norms. We do not need be conventional. Browse around! Happiness hides in tiny problems.
7. Things are poisonous, there is nothing poisonous, it’s all dependent on dose.
This learning dates back to my chemistry class in class. I did not know in those days that it is a philosophy I ought to apply in every aspect of my existence. It’s known as moderation, an important component in my equilibrium. Moderation for each other, in fun, in ambitions, brings inner peace even going to probably the most turbulent souls. It’s stored me solidly grounded and stable. I notice that almost all people find it difficult to keep things in balance and therefore are very likely towards extreme opposing rods. They either come with an overdose of all things or choose not to taste anything. This really is possibly why my pace can’t be synchronised using the majority. My irritation doesnt originate from the things they say or do, but exactly how frequently they are saying the things they say or attempt what they are doing. An excessive amount of love can suffocate, while not enough love can result in starvation. I learned to like sufficient, have some fun sufficient, cry sufficient, and become sufficient.
8. Persistence is really a virtue.
I’m an impatient person. I live more later on compared to present. My imagination is definitely racing as time passes. I paint images of the flowers thatll grow next spring. I’ve found waiting to be really hard. Irrrve never got accustomed to its bitterness. I believe waiting is probably the heaviest burden borne through the spirit. Yet, waiting is inevitable. Searching back inside my existence, I understand that the great stuff that became of me found an effective solution after lengthy periods of waiting. It is a fact these periods were intercepted with bouts of eagerness, however they were developed, formed, and polished by persistence. The questions that when tormented me about love, friendship, careers, self-worth yet others, all found their solutions within my persistence. It may be true in the end so good things arrived at individuals who wait.
9. Top quality relationships matter.
This can be a little scientific but research has proven so good quality relationships are connected with better health outcomes, which is not only health. Loneliness for example increases the chance of depression and it is connected having a lower existence expectancy. The findings from the Harvard Study of Adult Development lately presented on TEDx confirmed an old knowledge everyone knows. The research viewed the lives of individuals for more than 75 many figured that good relationships stop us more happy and healthier. I learned to nurture the relationships I’ve, to safeguard and safeguard them. I still dislike the abundance of individuals within my existence. I do not have neither time, nor energy, nor hunger to gather buddies and acquaintances. I’m just happy and grateful using the couple of ones I’ve.
10. We accept the romance we believe we deserve.
Approximately Ive heard for many years not understanding what this signifies exactly. Ive recognized mistreatments many occasions. I wept because of it many occasions. Yet Ive built the same choices repeatedly. So why do we re-engage, again and again, in encounters that when made us suffer? Today the solution may come as clearly as always: because we dont think we deserve better. With time, I learned to understand myself, value myself, respect myself, love myself, and it is only then, only if I saw how worthy I’m, that my choices grew to become rightful, healthier, nurturing, and enriching. I actually do deserve a great existence. You do too. I actually do should be loved. You do too. I actually do should be treated well. You do too. Today, I’ll never accept anything less. Which means you will.
11. Studying is definitely an antidote to mediocrity.
Possibly for this reason the world is mediocre. I had been oblivious towards the miraculous results of books for many years until I’d my very own space. I stepped in to the mystical realm of books and enjoyed swimming within an sea made from ink with waves made from ideas. Each time I open a magazine, Personally i think like lifting a curtain from my soul. And each time I close a magazine, I understand that i’m a measure nearer to myself. I found that studying cures loneliness, solutions our most complex questions, transcends distance and time, and unites us with humanity, history, space, and also the future.
12. Many people are hungry for love.
Have you been verbally or emotionally mistreated? Well, I’ve. Although me hasn’t become safe from negativity, hurtful language, unkindness, and cruel conduct, Ive learned something which eventually altered my perception towards such absolutely common behaviours. I have faith that behind every negative comment, every wounding word, every insensitive gesture, there’s somebody who hasnt been loved enough. Exactly what a pity! The number of people crave to become loved yet never admit so! The possible lack of love should have produced a massive painful void within the soul. In my opinion everyone has a bird inside ourselves. When loved enough, the bird flaps its wings and fly. So when not, it uses its beak to eliminate. Things I learned, would be to always do my favorite to like that bird.
13. Silence is healing.
Possibly for this reason the world is really ill. My culture loves noise. Laughs are loud, greetings are loud, farewells are loud, everything howls. There’s surely grounds why many people hide behind the noise. Will we know what it’s? I believe to prevent silence. Alone, people can hear themselves and theyre very frequently scared to pay attention. Silence is sort of a stream of freshwater running within the spirit, and filling the cracks produced by noise having a soothing tranquility. Silence heals, clears up confusions, rectifies prejudices, brushes from the remains of uncertainty, and brings people nearer to one another. I learned to hear the seem of silence. Silence is really a story teller, a counsellor, along with a friend.
14. Between love and hate, indifference may be the worst.
There’s nothing worse than being stuck inside a condition of nothingness. A condition in which you feel neither hot nor cold, neither excited nor tired, neither interested nor bored, neither happy nor sad, neither calm nor angry. You float inside a vacuum that is filled with oxygen yet without any existence, filled with space, yet without any freedom, filled with silence, yet without any peace. Will we exist simply because the problem creating your body is alive? Or does existence exceed the problem, beyond survival, where the soul vibrates, sings, loves and hates all simultaneously? I exist after i love, after i hate. I exist since i feel. Indifference is dying.
15. A job is simply a job.
A lot of us operate in jobs it normally won’t like. We invest a lot of our time, mental, intellectual and emotional energy at work. We project our whole being and obtain compensated for this in the finish from the month. At the office we like, we envy, we seek attention, we yell, we agonise, we bare burdens, because many of us are humans wherever we’re. However, we frequently neglect to recognise that everyone has potentials past the work we all do, the task we perform, and also the salary we obtain. Employment is simply a job. We’re even more than that. Many people think I’m able to alter the world because Im a humanitarian worker. It normally won’t realize that Ive altered the planet a lot more outdoors my job: in your own home, on the telephone, inside a pub, in in person conversations, in coffee breaks, within my dreams. My job is simply a job and i’m even more than that.
16. Its never far too late to alter a existence path.
The conviction our existence path is sort of a ladder we have to climb requires a very straight line method of existence, a trail that can take you against One place to another inside a straight line. The truth however is extremely different. Many lines intersect, bend, elongate, as well as shrink to almost only a point. This is the way my existence continues to be to date. An elaborate geometry with multiple beginning points, endings, parallels, and spirals. As Im continuing to move forward, unwrapping my inner gifts and starting to warm up within my passion flames, Im finding who I truly am and just what I truly want. Now i realize that basically awaken eventually and choose to stop, I’ll quit. Its never far too late to veer, never far too late to alter directions. I it’s still carrying out a line, a line that me will draw, and that i know, insidewithin all, this line won’t be straight line.
17. Every the truth is wrong, every the truth is right.
Individuals are a mix of rainbows and water. A variety of mellow colours that will get either diluted or saturated with values, opinions, perceptions, and attitudes, throughout the path of their lives. This eclectic nature to be engenders multiple realities which are faithfully recognized by its creators, by us. People have realities that appear to be to them but wrong to other people, acceptable for them but dejected by others. Ive requested myself: why is yet another right compared to other? What truth can there be when all facts hold in keeping with one individual a minimum of? I found that everything could be right and everything could be wrong. The treatment depends on whos knowing.
18. Promises are simpler damaged than satisfied.
I learned to vow absolutely nothing to nobody. Why would I invest in the next that falls completely outdoors of my control? We frequently underestimate the strength of words stated today not realising that theyll have a big responsibility tomorrow. We enjoy playing methods using the future by imagining it, fantasising about this, creating and re-allowing the finish results. After which what goes on when its there? Thanks for visiting the land of disappointments! Our promises are words that point at random and playfully rearranges until another chapter is created, another meaning is fathomed and also the promise is totally damaged.
19. We’re more fragile than we believe.
You will find moments in existence when everything appears to become all right, once the forces of nature appear to become directed for the center maintaining an account balance, an equilibrium. Then out of the blue, from the tender placidity in our being, increases a turbulent whirlwind: breakdowns in relationships, divorces, deaths, rejections, disappointments Moods begin to swing, ideas dismantle, concepts collapse, promises break, infidelities erupt, so we lose balance. The self-portrait we once colored that demonstrated an invincible persona, all of a sudden loses these very traits among the transformation in our existence occasions. Then we remember how fragile we’re. We remember how delicate orchids could be. We remember that we’re breakable. We remember, the intolerable lightness of (our) being.
20. Concepts must only be forged with experience.
I learned never to bind myself to some principle by which I havent tested my temptations yet. This realisation came once i broke many concepts I remember when i thought are unshakable. Ive learned to eliminate and rebuild my concepts with experience. As time passes, I learned to calibrate the right amounts of right and wrong, those that I judge as acceptable in my experience. I forged new methods for thinking. I defined my values. And it is only then, which i could articulate what my concepts are.
21. Some chaos is essential.
I originate from a culture adorned by chaos. Even our breathes are chaotic and lack rhythm. You are able to argue its pollution I believe its fear. 2 yrs ago, I became a member of a culture that loves discipline. Things are very newly made: the roads, a persons behaviours, not to mention The Machine. Getting experienced the 2 sides from the discipline gold coin, I deducted that some chaos is essential. It boosts creativeness, gives ample space that people think, to do something differently, to generate different solutions. Tough rules, systemisation, policies, and automation would be the opponents of creativeness. Chaos is symbolic of existence. You’ll want chaos inside you to provide birth to some dancing star. Now we all know why each time I consider the sky, all I see are shooting stars.
22. Magic is real.
Do you experience feeling at occasions our world talks to us inside a mysterious code that we’re not able to fathom right into a obvious language? The greater the year progresses, the greater I’ve found myself searching in the world with reverence and awe. How small we’re within this infinite world! Were finite entities within an infinite world! It is true that people arrived at a good degree of understanding in cosmology, physics, mathematics, and biology, yet there are plenty of things we still have no idea. Our world is outstanding! How about the notions of future, serendipity, significant coincidences, synchronicities? My existence continues to be filled with such mysterious occasions. In my opinion in magic. In my opinion magic is real.
23. Whether it doesnt feel right, then it’s wrong.
We sometimes choose to move within our existence. We elect to simply do it now, because everything around us informs us its right. We believe and re-think concerning the whole scenario, analyse it, link the reasons towards the effects, but, regardless of how coherent and logical all of the data appears to become, something (inexplicable) leaves us worried and doubtful. Will it seem familiar? Well, it’s certainly in my experience! I’d describe this something like a tickle within my heart, just a little vibration within my beats unusual. And That I feel it, regardless of how low the regularity is. I learned to believe my intuition and listen more to my inner voice. I found that its the one which informs the reality.
24. Sometimes, when walking you’re ready to move ahead.
Throughout my walk of existence, there have been occasions after i stopped for any (lengthy) while and permitted me to land, beat harder, and obtain attached. Get mounted on what? To individuals, objects, places, comfort zones After which I acquired stuck. This is exactly what attachments do, dont you believe? They wreck havoc on space and time dimensions, disorient us, and then leave us lost inside a circle dancing tango alone! Sometimes, its only when walking away that people can re-established our space and time coordinates. It requires time, courage, along with a strong will to allow go, but eventually, the show must continue.
25. Art is really a language we ought to learn.
It required me time for you to comprehend the language of art. Much like silence, art includes a healing power. Painting, writing, dancing, sculpting, all speak an identical language: the word what of beauty, spirituality, and existence. Museums in my experience are just like sacred temples. Fortunate are the pious who bow with admiration to the good thing about art! Let’s stand still and marvel in the strategies of a painting! Let’s permit the silence in colours brush-off the noises within our heads! A global without art is sort of a desert without sand: lonely and incomplete. So let’s rejoice!
26. It’s how it’s.
Why do you consider heaven is blue? Why the shades don’t have any smell? Why the sounds can’t be seen? Well, since it is how it’s. How frequently will we find ourselves lost within the maze of existence occasions, being unsure of the why and how, the reason and also the effect? We have seen people die every single day without no reason. We have seen people split up, marry, be sad, laugh, fall, fully stand up so we just have no idea why and how. As time progresses, we accept to reside with this particular mystery. We believe that some questions don’t have any solutions. Actually, we accept silence to become our perfect solution. A cigar is simply a cigar, which is all we have to know.
27. Its not necessary lots of money to become happy.
In situation we havent observed yet, many of us are slaves of consumerism. Income generating keeps climbing the ladder in our priorities, less by readiness as by sheer necessity. I acknowledge we all do take some money to reside a good existence where our rents are covered, our bills are compensated, our meals are provided, or perhaps our travels plans are guaranteed. However when I browse around me and then try to understand the unhappiness in peoples eyes, such things as low self-worth, anxiety about closeness, a desire to become understood, a have to be loved, a requirement to become recognised, a dissatisfaction using the present, a shyness to exhibit the actual self, a wish to bond using the other Theyre everything that cant be purchased by money yet are must be happy.
28. That which you resist persists.
Sometimes, when our emotional buttons are pressed because of say, dying of the closed one, rejection with a partner, or perhaps a tough conversation, we either deny or confront individuals very bitter and acidic feelings bubbling inside ourselves. But dont you are feeling its sometimes larger than you? Dont you are feeling it does not matter how you strive to get rid of that bitterness, the after taste remains lengthy following the incident? I learned to neither deny nor confront, but to embrace. I learned to embrace my sadness and accept it, until sadness itself dissolves within the warmth from the embrace, and finally, evaporates.
29. We’re good naturally but corrupted by society.
This can be a philosophy by J.J. Rousseau that goes back towards the 1700s. I’m a believer from it. In my opinion individuals are born good, until they become layer makers. Exactly what a masquerade we reside in! Individuals have become too busy building and embellishing their layers: layers of power, fear, hesitation, take your pick. Its an enormous amount of fake smiles instead of genuine tears. A global where praise is articulated within the most polite and formal manner, instead of through eyes sparkling with admiration. People learned how you can breathe behind masks. I found that the planet around use is a fantasy.
30. My 30 training are basically static.
I’m a flower that withers within the wind, blooms under the sun, hides within the snow, dies within the desert. My existence is a cycle of seasons that is inconsistent, every occasionally. If the is true, then how do i not change, transform, mutate, collapse, get restored, almost constantly? When the world is dynamic, infinitely expanding and contracting, then how do i not dance by using it? How do i take everything I distributed to you as static? My 30 training are basically static. They’ll change, transform, mutate, collapse, get restored, almost constantly. Captured, I visited the greatest mosaic museum on the planet. Now I recall the mosaics I loved probably the most, would be the people that are partially erased, those whose colours happen to be partially altered. Theyre those that have bore the traces of your time. Now we all know that in another 3 decades, this really is how my mosaic is going to be.
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