Tag: Identity
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How I Read a Facebook Profile
Have you ever thought about how you read a Facebook profile. I’ve never thought about it, but I am going to try and describe what I do when I read one. I think the first thing that I look for are the Identity cues in the profile. Of course there…
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Easy Answers
The end of the year is always filled with a review of what has transpired over the year. It also is a time for resolutions; to do lists; and things that you should do differently next year. I always love listening to the quick fixes and lists of things that…
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Your Conscious State and Reality
What you experience in what ever state you are in is your reality. In your conscious state, all that you experience is real. In your dream state, there are no boundaries. Anything goes. Do what ever you like, and in the dream state, it is your reality. It works the…
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The State of Soul
I’ve heard of people talk about our state of mind. We understand that concept of our mental state or cognitive capabilities. We use that as a starting point to measure our lives, but I like the ideas of our state of soul much better. It just sounds much more dynamic…
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The Bathroom Self Portrait
You’ve seen it before. People posing in front of a mirror for their profile pic. The lettering might be backwards on their shirt. They always – always have some funny look on their face. Without fail, it’s some crazy look that they’re making. Most of the time it’s like they’re…
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The NFL and Identity
An NFL game – even on tv is rich with identity spillage. People go crazy for their teams. You know this. They wear their favorite player’s jersey. They scream and hoot and holler. They do so because they have identified themselves as part of the team. They are the ones…
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Yoda and Identity
DC was watching Star Wars IV and V while wrapping presents. I enjoyed watching the Empire Strikes Back and all of the Yoda scenes. Now, I don’t know anything about his philosophies or where he even comes from – that’s not the point of this post. (Yoda’s philosophy is his…
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Facebook and Family
I have met so many family members that I have never met face to face – on Facebook. I’m talking to cousins and relatives all over the world. I can get to know them because of this whole Facebook thing. It’s great to meet them and talk to them over…
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The Nephew Lesson
The nephew lesson is not a new lesson. I’ve learned this many ways, but it still comes up because I haven’t quite “learned” it yet. What my nephew teaches me is the following: 1. that everything should take longer than I give it time for. I rush things. He doesn’t.…
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The Meaning of Weird
weird (wîrd) adj. weird·er, weird·est 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of the preternatural or supernatural. 2. Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange. 3. Archaic Of or relating to fate or the Fates. It doesn’t matter how you define it. I was thinking about it today, and weird has…
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Lyrics and Identity
Until this stuff happens to you, it’s kinda hard to grasp, but I recently heard an acoustic version of a song that I listened to hundreds of times in one sitting. Listening to the song 20 years later, the lyrics mean something completely different at this point of my life,…
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Identity and My Friends
I have talked about identity so much with people that my friends are starting to also think about identity. What’s great about it is that they think about things that I would never think about. My friend Mo constantly tells me that I need to blog about different aspects of…
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