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We arrived as teens and twenty somethings - green as grass; naive you might say. Not quite as worldly as we may have thought ourselves to be. Three years later, four for some, we left, much the same shade of green - but somehow different. Different somehow. Still young, still

Perhaps the main point of knowing a rule is to be an exception to it. It is true that the macro-news - the news about the world is bad. The times we live in are indeed alarming. A time of triumphant mediocrity. Many features of our so-called culture have as

When you start anything new, there are forces pulling you in a variety of directions. The stuff you could The stuff you want The stuff you have to do. Figure out your epicentre. Which part of your equation can’t be removed? When you find it you’ll know. Focus

If you find yourself stuck - with few and only ephemeral pleasures; with minimal gratifications; and without meaning - there's a road out. (it has) three pillars positive emotion - positive institutions - positive traits. Positive emotions serve us best when life is easy. Experiences that induce positive

Reviving the recent or distant past; rehearsing or imagining possible future situations. Virtually everyone hears a voice, or several voices, in their head - all the time. Continuous monologues or dialogues. The voice comments, speculates, judges, compares, complains, likes and dislikes. You see and judge the present through the eyes

The first time you crawl into the belly of the black dog, the first time you see the world sliding away from you Perched at the edge of the existential void Utterly solitary Panic is a strange sensation There are others like it - missing the last step, the hypnic

Maybe we should develop a Crayola Bomb as our next secret weapon. Guess that sounds absurd doesn’t it? And every time a crisis develops we could launch one first - a happiness weapon; a beauty bomb - before we tried anything else. A bit dumb, crazy, silly, weird. Crayolas