Author: Lem Usita
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A Lonely Place
I heard today that a lonely place is anywhere that a person that can’t appreciate anyone goes. Do you know anyone like that? They might be pretty good with people, but they’re lonely. No one wants to hang out with them because they just don’t appreciate people. These are the…
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Disagreeing with Someone
……and being able to do so without getting emotional over it takes a tremendous amount of skill. When I meet someone or hear someone that can intelligently disagree with someone and do so with class and grace, it makes me want to be around them more. I like being around…
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Identity and Courage
It takes courage to really, really face and develop your identity. It takes courage to design an identity. It takes courage really do the work and figure out who you truly are. The thing is identity is also something that you can hide behind. A performance of identity is something…
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You’ll Get It Right the Second Time Around
It’s quite a simple idea and self explanatory. But if you don’t get it right the first time, you’ll get it right the second time around. I guess it communicates the idea that sometimes we have to try things out before we get it right. No matter whether it’s trying…
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Anytime You Create
…..there needs to be intention, thought, and design. Ask anyone that creates, and you’ll find out that creating is not that easy. Sometimes it’s born out of pain and suffering. Sometimes your creation is born out of love and passion. But it’s not easy. There’s is so much that…
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Expert Intuition
I did a quick Google search for whether we can trust our intuition or not, and it was quite interesting to see the topics that came up in light of the question. Your intuitions are there for a reason. You have them, and they represent your sense of identity and…
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Left Can’t Go Right
You’ve heard about the very simplistic idea of how people can be either left brained or right brained. The lateralization of brain function is an interesting study. I don’t claim to be a neuroscientist at all. I am fascinated by the information though. There are a few things that scientist…
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To Not Care What People Think
……is not an easy thing to do. But just like anything else, the more you do, the better you become at it. It’s a pretty natural thing to have opinions about others so it’s natural that people might have opinions about you. But to get to the point where you…
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Two Ways of Being Happy
I just listened to the Daniel Kahneman TED talk. He talked about how our “experiencing” self and our “remembering” self might perceive happiness. He’s quite brilliant, and I definitely need to hear his talk a few more times and read more about his work. I’m purchasing one of his books…
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Single Again
So we were talking about this at a meeting today. We were talking about how our area was full of single people. I responded with a resounding – no way. Then I was corrected and educated on this idea that “single” can also mean “single again.” I guess since I…
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Unburden Yourself
I heard this phrase today. It was used to refer to having to share some information with someone because it would be a burden to hold on to this idea or secret that no one knows. Sometimes, it’s just too much that you can’t help yourself – you have to…
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Framework for Reflection
I shared this with one of my classes this morning. We spent some time reflecting on Kony2012. We had a wonderful and emotionally engaging conversation about it. But in order to set up the reflection, we used some curriculum theory to frame our reflection. There are many ways to frame…
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