Why do people struggle to find meaning in what they do? Could it be because they dedicate themselves to activities that mostly neglect their soul? Sport, the modern stronghold of productivism? Everything we do, from morning to night, must be filtered through the lens of productivity and performance. The few enclaves meant to provide us rest do not, in reality,…
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We are sometimes caught in a whirlwind that pushes us to systematically give priority to others and to things, until we end up forgetting ourselves. When that happens, a critical event often occurs to set things right: the physical or emotional crisis it produces forces us to reconsider our way of living. If you forget yourself, who will think of…
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When you walk in darkness, it is sometimes difficult to believe that the light shining in the distance is real, and that it might turn out to be a bonfire. Yet this is the very essence of faith: to trust despite apparent uncertainty — in other words, to keep a burning flame even when everything around us seems dull and…
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Memory alters reality as it was lived and tends to smooth out all its rough edges: what was negative fades away, leaving only a lukewarm or even pleasant recollection, while what was positive is sometimes simply forgotten. Overall, memory makes the past gentler, which partly explains why it becomes easier to forgive people as time goes by. However, this alteration…
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We deplore racism and all other forms of arbitrary hatred. Yet it is interesting to note that it is, in fact, more reassuring to be hated for what one is not than for what one truly is. You are not only your skin color, your sex, or your sexual orientation. When someone is homophobic, they are actually hating a superficial…
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People usually become jerks because they were victims of abuse when they were young and never managed to recover from it. Of course, being a victim is not an excuse: everyone can do some inner work to free themselves from their traumas. Still, it is always premature to judge someone without making at least a small effort to put yourself…
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The Disappearance Of Death From Our Daily Life Unreasonable life begins the moment death has completely disappeared from our daily life, in such a way that it becomes an alternative reality, turning into a mirage, a vague and ethereal concept. This vision is mistaken and yet, it is massively sustained by popular culture, which is at once youth-oriented, hedonistic, and…
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Those who no longer make mistakes are the wise. And what is a sage, if not someone who knows? What separates ordinary people from these persons is nothing other than a quantity of knowledge – often lived directly through experience. One must not lament failures, which are only the materialization of our ignorance One can blame oneself for making mistakes,…
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Some people are not able to see the world through rose-colored glasses. Something within them feels broken. The consequence is quite sad: they are limited in their capacity to feel joy. Their entire existence is filtered through a mental opacity that prevents them from enjoying the present moment and expressing who they truly are. If you recognize yourself, even just…
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The family is primarily built on ideas of commitment and loyalty. A society is an assembly of families; one could therefore say that it is nothing more than the outcome of millions of daily acts of commitment and loyalty. The crisis of today’s society could, in the end, stem from a crisis of commitment and loyalty. How can we find…
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