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  What did I write at the beginning of August?  I started with Weltschmerz, that state of sadness and depression when the world is not as we think it should be. Its literal translation from the German is “world pain.” I wrote about how tenaciously we can cling to a belief — faulty, misguided, or just… more »
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  A reassuring lie is so much easier to grasp than an inconvenient truth.   I love how the cartoon below captures this idea.     What I hope you’re getting from the various posts I’ve done of late is this: we are all vulnerable to choosing the reassuring lie over the inconvenient truth. We tell… more »
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