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Hmm.. #psychology #hormones #maturity #literacy all sorts of #socio_political reasons says Prof!
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Euronews - By Euronews · Portugal: Young men five times more likely to vote for the far-right than women
Tonight I found myself in a deeply unpleasant social situation: the kind of atmosphere where you feel more like a prop than a human being. It helped that I had a dear friend on tap who knows my empathy and sensitivity very well. Even five years ago, I would have reacted with hurt and anger. But I excused myself with peaceful class, grace, and dignity. And my friend said she was proud of me. We are taking back the night. And I didn't lose my shit.
I'm learning, folks. Slowly.
#maturity : ripeness; full development
- French: maturité
- Italian: maturità
- Portuguese: maturidade
- Spanish: madurez
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See previous words @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/past
I just had some douchebag on the subway try and knock my book out of my hands with a hard slap. Ten years ago, there was a chance that I would have beat this guy to a pulp for such an act. But today? I let him go. I have worked very hard to be less angry. It helped that a fellow Brooklynite sitting next to me started cracking jokes. And the two of us laughed over this.
Nevertheless I'm still stunned that this punk didn't faze me at all. Apparently I have matured quite a bit.
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-> At the same time, it may be a distraction – an easy way to focus on the surface to avoid deeper, more pressing issues like inequality, environmental degradation or the fragility of our mental well-being (which is also reinforced by this superficiality). If we put half as much energy into cultivating character, compassion & sustainability as we do into chasing eternal youth, well 
#Maturity on the #Path: Guidance from the #Buddha
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/maturity-on-the-path-guidance-from-the-buddha/
Buddhistdoor GlobalMaturity on the Path: Guidance from the Buddha - Buddhistdoor GlobalProf. Dave Holmes presents an episode from the Pali Canon, in which Venerable Meghiya seeks guidance on practice from the Buddha.
All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!” This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
Peter and Wendy, ch. 1 “Peter Breaks Through” (1911)
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If you think people under 25 shouldn't make important decisions or be held responsible for things because their brains aren't fully functional “according to science”… I've got bad news for you
new post on The Winged Life !
« Ascent, » a poem written in March 2020 which documents some of the challenges of spiritual ascension…
· https://poligraf.substack.com/p/ascent
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The Winged Life · Ascent
A quotation from Billings, Josh:
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Yung phools are comparatiff harmless, it iz the old phools that make most ov the trubble in this world.
[Young fools are comparatively harmless; it is the old fools that make most of the trouble in this world.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/billings-josh/73380/
new post on The Winged Life !
« You Hear Me Now, » a poem about the struggles of outgrowing older versions of oneself…
· https://poligraf.substack.com/p/you-hear-me-now
#writing #writerscommunity #CreativeWriting #poetry #poems #selfpublish #authors #PoetryLovers #TheWingedLife @poetry #maturation #maturity #karma #GrowingUp #PersonalDevelopment #SelfDevelopment #humanity #KarmicProcess #PersonalGrowth #Substack
The Winged Life · You Hear Me Now
**In a modern world, those who create, develop their own concepts and knowledge are the only ones who have transcended the common**
#life #life #reality #philosophy #knowledge #mind #wayofthinking #research #innovation #overcoming #meditation #thinking #pathoflife #original #understand #comprehend #analyze #thepath #maturity #society #society #secretpath #truth
« There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living. »
― David Starr Jordan
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/743981269680062464/there-is-no-real-excellence-in-all-this-world
TumblrPoligraf · The Artistic ImpulseThere is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
— David Starr Jordan
A quotation from Sayers, Dorothy:
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Books, you know, Charles, are like lobster shells. We surround ourselves with ’em, and then we grow out of ’em and leave ’em behind, as evidences of our earlier stages of development.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/sayers-dorothy/5964/
new post on The Winged Life !
a new poem titled « At The Heart Of Despair » that aims to convey constructive interpretations of apparently undesirable experiences…
· https://poligraf.substack.com/p/at-the-heart-of-despair
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The Winged Life · At The Heart Of Despair