We live off-center lives. We miss our true potential at times and we can feel like a helpless spectator of our lives racing by. This feeling is often only temporary, but when it does occur, it is unpleasant. How can we regain control of the cockpit? Who flies when we are absent? If you don’t like the autopilot, you have…
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We are dominated by four verbs on a daily basis. Some would say that they represent each phase of life or that our character is dominated by one of them. Together, these four verbs form the backbone of our lives. Embarrassment invades us when we are asked what we do in life. It’s embarrassing because we don’t always feel like…
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Quality requires a sustained effort that could be called quantity. Before you can produce quality, you must have produced a lot. Do you want to excel in a field? Do you want to devote a significant part of your time to it? Few are willing to do so simply because quantity is synonymous with repetitiveness, which is often associated with…
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Experience shows that we find it difficult to separate ourselves from the nation that saw us born. This natural patriotism somehow prevents us from putting ourselves in the place of others, since we assume that our nation is the best. Of course, sometimes we are critical and even bitter towards this intangible entity, but we are always critical with the…
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The human is a finite being with infinite needs. The quest for glory and eternity are two examples of desires associated with infinity. Faced with the inability to satisfy such needs, we live most of our time with feelings of frustration and discontent. How can we solve this problem when these desires seem to be the ones that differentiate them…
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Eternal youth may lie in our ability to keep our childlike gaze. As we grow up, the world expects new things from us, which in turn changes us. This makes us lose our freshness and cheerfulness little by little. How can we preserve the qualities of childhood in order to better live our adult life? The child is a role…
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The game of comparisons to which social media pushes us makes it difficult to see clearly, starting with the reflection around the notion of values. This competitive spirit that is developed from a very young age, whether through games, school or sports, makes us forget that life is not just a race, I would even dare to say that life…
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Let us preserve through wisdom what we have acquired through enthusiasm. Nicolas de Condorcet Nicolas de Condorcet, born on September 17, 1743 in Ribemont and died on March 29, 1794 in Bourg-la-Reine, is a French mathematician, philosopher, politician and publisher, representative of the Enlightenment. We are the fruit of what we have been and we remain what we have been…
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Men see necessity only in crisis. Jean Monnet Jean Monnet, born November 9, 1888 in Cognac and died March 16, 1979 in Houjarray (Bazoches-sur-Guyonne), is a French international civil servant, international banker, promoter of Atlanticism and free trade. He is considered one of the “fathers of Europe”. Crises make us aware of the precious and yet so innocuous goods that…
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He who has stooped before the ant no longer has to stoop before the lion. Henri Michaux Henri Michaux, born in Namur on May 24, 1899 and died in Paris on October 19, 1984, is a writer, poet and painter of Belgian origin of French expression naturalized in 1955. The only humility worth expressing is that towards the humblest. Humility…
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