Most changes will not be remembered and will soon be forgotten. Those changes lack significant impact on our lives. Some changes require us making a choice between positivity (eg, relief) and negativity (eg, disappointment). Positivity is my priority in life. Hence, its choice is not hard (for me). My diagram shows the impact of positivity (eg, relief) and...
I have been wondering if my 7 Belief systems (eg, 2016 summary, 2019 update, 2023 update) each have an opposite. My 2021 blog stated: The opposite of love is indifference, not hate. My recent (Dutch) blog, Does everything have an opposite?, wondered about indifference as its opposite. Obviously, we could argue about these opposites: Love vs hate; Money vs debts,...
Ik ben geneigd om JA te denken op mijn vraag hierboven. Denk hierbij aan deze bekende tegenstellingen: geluid-stilte, leeg-vol, leven-dood, licht-donker, open-dicht, warm-koud, en wit-zwart. Alles lijkt een keerzijde te hebben. Toch blijf ik twijfelen. Mijn 7 geloofssystemen (o.a. Liefde, Geld, Waarheid) zijn echter complexer dan bovenstaande bekende...
"Overcoming denial often depends on the nature of the problem. People often come to terms with the reality of a situation on their own given time and support." (source). I suppose this answer is valid. Still, by not challenging someone's denial, it may/will feel like denying someone's denial. In my past, I would confront someone's denial. I used to believe that...
Last Sunday's blog, Panic in Beijing and its original Bloomberg article, made me realize that there is a difference between business and politics that is easily overlooked. Unlike businessmen, politicians are not allowed to make serious errors, especially in countries like China. Despite that seeing is believing, (communist) ideology is (much) stronger than seeing....
When a friendship or a relationship is over, a new type of relation may emerge: the frenemy. Sometimes, it may still look like the friendship - or relationship - it once was. Usually, indifference is leading. The former is a micro example. China and Russia are a macro example; see my 2019 blog. "Frenemy" (also spelled "frienemy") is an oxymoron and...
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