Cider9986
- Karma
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- Created
- 4 months ago
About
One day, I was reading headlines about a disastrous war, and I wrote a comment on social media saying, "This war breaks my heart." A friend comment pointed out all the other wars going on and that I wasn't thinking about. It made me feel petty, inconsistent, and uninformed, like I was choosing my heartbreak.I instantly started typing a reply defending myself. I wrote about how all the other wars break my heart, too. I pointed out my friend's flaws. I explained all my good deeds, proving what a good person I am.
But then I stopped. I noticed my heart was beating. I was tense. In that moment, I knew my reply was self-righteous and reactive. I was one tap away from making the situation so much worse. I paused and I became aware of my impulses, my thoughts, my feelings. I took a few breaths and watched as my body's reaction slowly calmed down. I became aware of the whole situation from a gentler place, almost like waking up from a dream.
My friend was probably in pain about the state of the world, just like me. I embraced him in my mind and decided not to reply at all.
-Daniela Labra Cardero, https://www.humin.org/wellbeing-tools/app
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Recent Submissions
- 1. ▲ Investigating Trump's Stock Trades and Public Announcement Timings [video] (youtube.com)
- 2. ▲ Wealth, Shown to Scale (wealth.ronnycoste.com)
- 3. ▲ Ask HN: Are these videos from hacked IoT devices?
- 4. ▲ Why Your Calls to Congress Matter More Than You Think [Video] (odysee.com)
- 5. ▲ Is the Government Running a Dragnet on VPN Users? [video] (youtube.com)
- 6. ▲ Beautiful Monero Block Explorer, mempool.space copycat (monerospace.org)
- 7. ▲ Google Updates Android Bug Bounty Program with $1.5M Offer (forbes.com)
- 8. ▲ "A Digital Prison": Surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia (securitylab.amnesty.org)
- 9. ▲ Merkel Urges EU to Keep Regulating Social Media Speech (reclaimthenet.org)
- 10. ▲ Demystifying phone unlocking tools: A technical overview (osservatorionessuno.org)