Two forces are clashing without us realizing it, one conservative, the other progressive. This antagonism crystallizes around two values: resilience and resistance. Let’s see what they imply: According to Wiktionary: Resilience is the “Ability of a person or society to withstand a brutal ordeal and build on it to strengthen itself.” While resistance is the “Defense that humans, animals, or…
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Activism is nourished by radical figures, or rather, it lives by the very existence of these symbols. Without a dose of radicalism, it is sometimes difficult to know how emancipation movements, whether civic, humanist or environmental, take shape. Awareness of injustice can lead to more categorical commitments. Involvement in a group is not systematic, but it strengthens our convictions and…
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There is no day that is completely similar to another, even if our impression tells us otherwise. Days and weeks have their fluctuations. The alternation of highs and lows can only exist to teach us exhilaration and resilience. Quietness, which is often mistaken for monotony, plays an essential role in life: it offers us a break in a race that…
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Peace and Pace are both familiar worlds pointing to two seemingly different directions. They have their own entourages as well. People based on their definition of success take either peace or pace as the road map of their lives. It seems that by taking one you should neglect the other, otherwise you’d lose the desired destiny. Are these concepts contradictory?…
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Growing up and then spreading our wings to move away from the family cocoon, this is what we are all destined to do. This adventure, which we contemplate with both hope and apprehension, can lead us to remote areas that make us lose sight of what we once were. As we go our separate ways, we inevitably widen the gap…
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Living in a community is all about following a rhythm that is imposed on us. The pace of work and productivity of a factory ends up impregnating the tempo with which we approach our daily lives. These injunctions of efficiency asserted like mantras come little by little to impregnate our unconscious in the manner of the sword coming out of…
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Life can be summed up as a series of decisions that we make like a train taking the track that the switch suggests. All these choices put together define who we are and ultimately our final destination is the mark of that reality. How do we get back to greatness when we didn’t know or couldn’t make the right choices…
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Putting your heart and soul into it Wanting to live each moment to the fullest is difficult. However, it is possible to aspire to be the best you can be in every moment. It is not easy either, but there is a glimmer of hope. To work with your heart and focus on only one thing. This seems to be…
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You may not know it, but each of us has a special suit that we wear for special occasions. This suit represents your values, the ones you embody in times of peril or a fateful event. You are a superhero at times. You have a suit of armor that sits in a mental closet. You take it out from time…
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Our passage on earth is short, very short, despite the fact that we are reaching the age of one hundred years. We are part of a chain of transmission to which we have not necessarily chosen to adhere: our birth is part of a multi-millennial logic of inheritance of a culture, a genetic heritage and so many other things to…
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