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On Being “Cool” and On Being a “Dork” and Why We Get These Ideas Backwards As A Society

    On Being "Cool" and On Being a "Dork" and Why We Get These Ideas Backwards As A Society

    For anyone that wants to go above and beyond, this article might hit better if you do the following before reading:

    1. Make a list of the Top 3 reasons why you might consider yourself to be, “Cool”
    2. Make a list of the Top 3 reasons why you might consider yourself to be a, “Dork”

    That is all. Once you finish with those two lists, continue below. Or, if you’re in a hurry and choose not to make the lists, feel free to continue below anyway.

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    John Joseph Powell Quote on Self-Worth and How Interactions Are A Mirror For What’s Within

      “It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”

      John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

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      Mirrors allow us to see our external self. Human interaction allows us to see our internal self. Without mirrors, we wouldn’t be able to truly know how we looked. We can get a sense of how we look and we might be able to guess, but it is only through the reflection of a mirror that we can ever be sure. Without human interaction, how might we ever truly grasp the content of our character?

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        “what i miss most is how you loved me. but what i didn’t know was how you loved me had so much to do with the person i was. it was a reflection of everything i gave to you. coming back to me. how did i not see that. how. did i sit here soaking in the idea that no one else would love me that way. when it was i that taught you. when it was i that showed you how to fill. the way i needed to be filled. how cruel i was to myself. giving you credit for warmth simply because you had felt it. thinking it was you who gave me strength. wit. beauty. simply because you recognized it. as if i was already not these things before i met you. as if i did not remain all these once you left.”

        Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 138)

          “when you are broken

          and he has left you

          do not question

          whether you were

          enough

          the problem was

          you were so enough

          he was not able to carry it”

          Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 103)

            “there is no bigger illusion in the world

            than the idea that a woman will

            bring dishonor into a home

            if she tries to keep her heart

            and her body safe”

            Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 24)

            Jill Churchill Quote on Focusing Less on Perfection and More on Doing Good

              “There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.”

              Jill Churchill

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              There’s too much pressure on being perfect. Mostly, pressure that we put on ourselves. We want to look perfect—not only in our eyes, but in the eyes of others. We want to act perfectly—to never make a mistake or do something that we might otherwise regret. We want to feel that perfection of inner balance and inner peace—to never lose ourselves emotionally or show any kind of weakness. The problem with this kind of perfection seeking behavior is in how it hinders us more than it helps us.

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