Read excerpts below from several chapters of my forthcoming book on identity crisis, In a Mirror, Dimly.
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an occasion for reflection
Not only will we fail to grasp our true identity without suffering, but suffering is the perfect time to stop and evaluate our identity. When the gale passes and a sickly sun peeks through the retracting clouds and you emerge from hiding to examine the wreckage cast around you in every direction, you suddenly remember… Read more
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when we grow up
According to one study, only 4% of adults end up in the jobs they dreamt of as children, but a startling 64% of adults still wish they could. Read more
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you invite violence
“Hell is other people,” the expression goes. The protagonist of Jean Paul Sartre’s famous play, No Exit, shouts this in agony as he realizes his afterlife situation—trapped in a room with two other people, hand-selected selected to torture each other for eternity. Sometimes this is what my house feels like on a Saturday afternoon. Sometimes Read more
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