That’s one of the biggest problems with terms like woke: Instead of facilitating important discussions, they impede them. They work like passwords at a speakeasy. (No, I’m not old enough to remember Prohibition. I read.) If you know the password, you’re in. If you don’t, you’re viewed with suspicion and left out in the cold, judged unworthy of entry into the clique that understands the word – in this case, woke.
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Faith is just another word for loyalty, and one with similarly positive connotations – except for one small detail: Blind faith is never a good idea. Putting your faith in the wrong person can be disastrous. And Trump was definitely the wrong person.
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You’ve probably seen a lot online about extroverts and introverts: outgoing sorts who like dealing with people and those who prefer to keep to themselves. But for many of us, the distinction goes deeper: It goes beyond merely dealing with people and extends to the world at large.
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If you shame people for their pain by reminding them that “other people have it worse” you’re doing just one thing: You’re dismissing that pain as unworthy of compassion. You’re minimizing their situation and, by extension, you’re minimizing them. You’re sending them a message that you don’t really care. And if you send them that message, they’ll be less likely to care about you when you find yourself going through hard times. This is where compassion goes to die.
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The #MeToo hashtag has always bothered me – not because of what it represents, but because of the specific words that were chosen.
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The person in the mirror is the only one who matters. Your achievements are yours, so own them! Regardless of what anyone told you, you could and you did succeed. And you’re going to keep right on succeeding on your own terms until the naysayers no longer mean anything to you. It will be as though they never even existed.
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