Not Everything that Glitters is Gold
To quote Kanye West, "sometimes the prettiest people do the ugliest things". Pretty is a mask all of us can wear; beauty requires depth, work, and commitment.
Loving through Pain
Sentimental rationalist exploring the intersections between emotions, logic, and truth.
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On Why I Hope You Love A Child
Perhaps the greatest thing most of us will ever do with our lives is learning how to love. Everything else is almost inconsequential in comparison.
On Learning When to Walk Away
Sometimes the best thing we can do for ourselves and for those around us is to walk away so that everyone ends up better in the long run.
On the Death of Kobe Bryant, Love, and Basketball
One of the greatest things we can do with our lives is to inspire those around us to get more out of theirs.
Understanding Comparative Advantage: When a collective is greater than its individual parts
Find the people whose lives you can make better—and vice versa
Our Subjective Value Systems Are What Give Our Lives Meaning
The more we understand how we subjectively interpret the world we live in, the more we seek to understand the truth behind how that world operates.
The Search for Meritocracy: On the Importance of Separating Objective Value from Subjective Value
Choosing to base our value assessments on our own biases, instead of the objective worth of what we're valuing, makes the world a worse place
Are You Really Investing in a Better Life—or Merely Speculating on the Value of a Future Outcome?
Understanding the difference between investing in a better life for ourselves versus speculating on the value a future outcome might provide can help prevent us from losing who we are in the process
When Hope Survives
I thought I saw you smile today but you quickly turned and shied away so if you left my eyes betrayed Not sure; but still I stay inclined to say that I saw Hope upon you in spite of all you've gone through the nightmares that still taunt you the Dream's arrived; I know that it's been long due I think it was before your teens this look upon your face last seen when Innocence in your eyes gleamed…
On Becoming the Adult the Child in You Would Be Proud of
I’ve been meaning to start writing again now for a while.