how ready are you to connect with others?
there are so many excuses to keep feeling sad, mad, and superior
Do you need to know who any of the people in this video voted for in order to savor their joy?
Would this reel be ruined for you if the man wore a mask in 2020-21?
Can this still be a beautiful bonding scene if you were to learn that some of these folks got jabbed?
Is your appreciation of this video contingent on the person’s stance vis-a-vis Israel and Palestine?
Is this reel still sweet if the delivery guy uses terms like non-binary?
Does it matter to you what religion this hero follows?
Can you appreciate the beauty of this moment even if the adults being filmed don’t even know or care what WEF, BLM, or DEI mean?
Rebuke hive minds, groupthink, thought police, echo chambers, doom-scrolling, virtue signaling, and self-limitation.
Choose gratitude instead of division:
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always a loner, now more than ever, it got harder to get together with others. In those 4 years without contact, seems that others have not changed, but I have. It is not possible to un-know what we know. It would be easier, if we had not known what we know now. Several people don't bother about knowing what is going on. They just go on as if nothing happened. And I don't like to walk on eggs. Yes there were a few parties, but I no longer enjoy them. If you have to bite your tongue for the longest part, it is not fun. So I prefer the company of my animals and the birds and the trees.
Great selection of videos. I was initially reluctant to accept part of the message. I reflected a bit, stepped back, and realised that—in my offline life—I've already let go of most of the resentments. The key part of that is "offline life". I find it easier to be accepting and open to connection when full human presence is there. Online intermediation can be very hard to work around. It's worth the effort, though, in the right setting. Mickey, you have a knack for creating that kind of space.