discernment
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There is an old game people play. Two truths and one lie. Two lies and one truth. Most people think the object is fooling everyone else. It isn’t. The object has always been fooling yourself. I wandered into an old courthouse one evening that wasn’t marked on any map. It had no judge. No jury.…
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Everybody worries about enemies. The loud ones. The jealous ones. The fake pages watching your stories at two in the morning like it is a full-time position with no benefits. People spend years looking over their shoulder for attacks coming from the outside. Meanwhile the real danger is sitting across from them asking if they…
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There comes a point where you stop trying to teach grown adults how to feel. You cannot hand someone emotional intelligence like a book and expect them to read it. You cannot bleed insight into someone who prefers reaction over reflection. That work is theirs. Always was. The moment you understand that, your energy comes…