Tag: Identity
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Where I Come From
I recently watched a talk that someone gave from my Homeland – the Philippines. I was born in the Philippines. We moved to Hawaii when I was five. I have been back a few times, but that is Where I Came From. As I watched, I was impressed by the…
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Irrational Fears
I had an incredible conversation today with a 12 year old about Irrational Fears. It was an interesting conversation as this 12 year old was able to first, articulate that she had a rational fear, and then second, that she was willing to accept it. We have as part of…
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Just Need to Know
Have you ever met anyone like that? It’s that person that just needs to know. It doesn’t matter what the topic might be – they just need to know what it is that you know. You might be that person – You Just Need to Know. I don’t think that…
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Identity and Another Place
There is a commercial on tv that I saw today about New Orleans. The basic tagline had to do with the fact that you can find a different version of “you” if you were ever to visit. I’ve driven through Louisiana, but I have never been to New Orleans. I…
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The California “The”
I have lived in California for a long time. I’m not quite at the point where I can say that I’ve lived here longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. I’ve lived in Hawaii for much longer (but I’m almost there). If you live in California for awhile, you find Californians…
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Beef Tongue and Chicken Liver
What does this have to do with identity? I’m not sure, but I am going to a restaurant tonight that serves this. Maybe I’ve been watching a few too many documentaries on food – especially the stuff that most people throw away. I was born in the philippines. Filipinos eat…
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Body Ideal
Body modification has been something that so many cultures have been doing for hundreds of years. Whether it’s the long necks of the hill tribes people in Thailand or the tattoos from the Polynesian islands, body art and body modification is something that people have been doing for a long…
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Attend Your Funeral
I was listening to a talk this am, and the speaker was an artist who had asked the questions – What would it be like to attend your funeral? Of course, we will all attend our funerals – at least our body will (we can have the conversation later about…
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Americans Don’t Like to Be Told
………well, pretty much anything. We don’t like to be told that we can’t do it. That’s kind of a big one. We don’t like to be told what have to do. Try that one out today. We don’t like to be told how to act. We don’t like to be…
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A Tribesman will Never Struggle with Identity
You’ll have to watch Steven Pressfield’s video where he describes the difference between a tribesman and a citizen. And although he describes the tribesman and a citizen for a totally different context, the idea still holds – A tribesman will never struggle with identity. He knows who he is. The…
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