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César Pose

In Eric Clapton's song "Tears in Heaven," there are two parts that make me feel like he discovered something I also discovered years ago, and which I could say is the synthesis of how I see life, especially mine.
The first is the chorus, which says:

"Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please"

It's an acknowledgment that life can be very painful, and indeed it is...

The second is the last verse, which says:

"Beyond the door
There's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more
Tears in Heaven"

It's the understanding that his pain, the pain of his entire life, will only be relieved with death, when he crosses that door he speaks of.

And for those two reasons, I listen to this song thousands of times until I'm tired, because that man experienced tremendous adversity when his young son died and understood something I also deeply understand.
The only relief I can achieve while alive is a fairly acceptable tranquility that comes at the cost of giving up on living, because that's precisely what hurts. Love, tenderness, and small moments of beauty are beautiful snacks while one waits for that final relief.

This is the deepest and most important thing I've learned in these 62 years of earthly life.

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YouTubeEric Clapton - Tears In Heaven [Unplugged...Over 30 Years Later] (Official Live Video)By Eric Clapton
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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Orwell

Swift falsifies his picture of the world by refusing to see anything in human life except dirt, folly and wickedness, but the part which he abstracts from the whole does exist, and it is something which we all know about while shrinking from mentioning it. Part of our minds — in any normal person it is the dominant part — believes that man is a noble animal and life is worth living: but there is also a sort of inner self which at least intermittently stands aghast at the horror of existence.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-09), “Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver’s Travels,” Polemic, No. 5

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/orwell-george/76060/

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Matteo Cesari

#Smartphone and social media harms: why we failed in our duty of #care

"...Why has it taken a #Netflix show to focus minds and ignite interest in the serious consequences of social #media...?"

#SocialMedia #Health #Adolescents #Adolescence #Life #Tech #Technology

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The BMJ · Smartphone and social media harms: why we failed in our duty of careThe Netflix series Adolescence is hard to escape. One of the judges at our South Asia Awards in Delhi last weekend told me that his family were gripped by the drama about a teenage schoolboy in England who, influenced by the “manosphere,” murders a female student.1 While the universally acclaimed series might have further explored the harms posed by the manosphere (doi:10.1136/bmj.p2947),2 it makes us confront some difficult issues, themes that resonate powerfully around the globe. One of these is smartphone use by children and the access it gives them to social media. Where should we stand on this? Many of us began by viewing social media and smartphones as a force for good. The benefits, we imagined, outweighed the harms. And perhaps that’s still true …
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It doesn't matter what your favorite past-time or hobby is. Crafts, photography, fishing, biking, wood working - what ever it is - enjoy it, immerse yourself. Look around, use all your senses, be present.

Because all of it could be taken away in a moment without warning. We fool ourselves out of kindness, thinking we have some control over life but that often is not what happens.

Fishing boat docked on the Columbia River, Asroria, Oregon
Some guy holding a largemouth bass while sittin in a boat.
#fishing#flyfishing#fishingfriday
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