You tell me.
"Same thing as it's to you"..... Let me put that into question.
It is a feeling? A feeling of what?
I have several magnificent definitions of what freedom is to me, but all of them can be summarized by Nina Simone's definition (New York, 1968).
If you are curious about what she had to say, watch
If we can name it, perhaps we can manage it. Probably, that discomfort you’re feeling, and have been feeling for months now, is Grief.
Resolutions are fuelled by the appealing idea of the "New Me". The illusion (or delusion) of getting rid of those things/ situations/ habits which I am not proud of, that bother me, that stop me from being who I want to become.
But resolutions are problematic. The majority of us make them, and the vast majority fail. Besides the empiric proof that we concurrently backslide, we keep
Eric Barker, in his article, reminds us of a straightforward way to refine one's Emotional Intelligence.
Let's start by defining what Emotional Intelligence is -definition taken from
Intellectual humility is a mindset. It doesn't come by default, as it challenges our sense of identity and our need to be right.
Intellectual humility forces us to reconsider our particular and biased view of the world, the same way science does, by first, recognizing and owning our intellectual limitations, and prioritizing pursuing deeper knowledge, truth, and understanding.
The fine Art of Not being Offended starts with the understanding that "every statement, action and reaction of another human being is the sum result of their total life experience to date".
