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The temptation today was to start this entry with the lines “A spectre is haunting Christianity – a spectre of hypocrisy”. Yes, that would be after the famous opening line of Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto, which I lean on today to share a lesson I have learnt these past two
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Upholding conceptions of difference in an “us” and “them” manner, under the guise of “culture”, creates room for parochial depictions of those we consider the “other”. This has been a typical stance when it comes to engagement of the global society with news from the Arab world, whose dominant religion,
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You’ve heard it being told that one should write what one knows. I sat down today to ask myself, “What exactly do I know of”?... At least enough to document on these diaries. Must I put on a facade and tell myself that I am perhaps an expert in
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As I was perusing my daily dose of intellectual stimulation during my treadmill routine, I stumbled upon a thought-provoking video by the YouTuber, Elizabeth Filips. In her thirty-minute presentation, she expounded on the complexities of adulting and the multifaceted skillset necessary for one to juggle the various responsibilities that come
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It is rare that I sit down to write with no target topic in my mind. My relationship with writing is like a marriage – to maintain our love, I set intentional time for us to spend together. I bring gifts and quality conversation starters to the date so that we
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I think I have gotten to a point in my life where I’m at peace with the reality of ugliness. This is the year when I no longer flinch when watching horror movies, nor do I attempt to run from the monsters in dreams. Yes, now I simply accept
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As western society transitioned from rural communities to modern industrial settings in the nineteenth century, psychotherapy developed to address the psychological problems that emerged (McLeod, 2019). Industrialization caused shifts in social structures like family and community as science gradually replaced organised religion and individual lives became increasingly personal (Nelson &
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To the extent that all that we get is all that we deserve, I feel that the hand that each person has been dealt with is just as difficult as the next person’s. Each one of us receives a serving of thorns and thistles and none of us can
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