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"But if it's true that the only person over whom I have control of actions is myself, then it does matter what I do. It may not matter a jot to the world at large, but it matters to me." - John Seymour
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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"But if it's true that the only person over whom I have control of actions is myself, then it does matter what I do. It may not matter a jot to the world at large, but it matters to me." - John Seymour
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Lina
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Nina Jay wrote:
I've found a few news media that I can follow without too much anxiety:
- Permaculture Magazine. It's mostly about positive things but also about the bad news. The bad news are combined with what one can do about it, so I'm not left feeling as helpless and powerless.
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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Lina Joana wrote:For me, as someone with a liberal bent in the USA, watching the “comedian” news shows often works. I’ve done less of it lately, but I find the YouTube clips of John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight often cover serious issues, well researched, that I’m glad to know, about in a way that doesn’t make me super depressed. Of course, it only works if you like his style and politics. I think there are several other shows like that with different hosts. If you find one you like, It can be helpful- though probably not always the top headlines.
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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"We're all just walking each other home." -Ram Dass
"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder."-Rumi
"It's all one song!" -Neil Young
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Lina Joana wrote:For me, as someone with a liberal bent in the USA, watching the “comedian” news shows often works. I’ve done less of it lately, but I find the YouTube clips of John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight often cover serious issues, well researched, that I’m glad to know, about in a way that doesn’t make me super depressed. Of course, it only works if you like his style and politics. I think there are several other shows like that with different hosts. If you find one you like, It can be helpful- though probably not always the top headlines.
$10.00 is a donation. $1,000 is an investment, $1,000,000 is a purchase.
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Tereza Okava wrote:Xisca, you said something that I noticed too. I love to follow the homesteading/permaculture folks on youtube, it is a great resource and blessing for me, but I have a real hard time with the fear-based clickbait (and fearful language).
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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Mick Fisch wrote: Most of the news sources on both sides are doing their best to pump up emotions and talk about the same 5 minutes of news for a couple of hours. You need to watch both sides because each side reports only the news that will help their narrative and ignores news that goes against their narrative.
"But if it's true that the only person over whom I have control of actions is myself, then it does matter what I do. It may not matter a jot to the world at large, but it matters to me." - John Seymour
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Chris Kott wrote:I don't think that sensitive people do themselves any favours by what is essentially sheltering themselves from the world.
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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Chris Kott wrote:I still get anxious, but I recognise the symptoms early enough that I can circumvent the hypoxia. So I know that it is possible to reason through even physical manifestations of paralysing psychological stress.
So maybe I am, in part, a sensitive person. I just realised early on that I couldn't function either paralysed by my fear, or paralysed by utter disconnection from the world in which I live.
Let us not mollycoddle our sensitivity, and cherish it as a prize. Being intuitive and emotionally available and connected is a treasure. Embracing the kind of sensitivity that leaves one utterly incapable of reason or action isn't to be lauded, in my opinion.
-CK
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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Argue for your limitations and they are yours forever.
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Nina Jay wrote:Does anyone know about a news site/ magazine that's more general, has world news, but is written in the same way like I described above (Permaculture Magazine)?
'Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain.'
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"But if it's true that the only person over whom I have control of actions is myself, then it does matter what I do. It may not matter a jot to the world at large, but it matters to me." - John Seymour
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Chris Kott wrote:
I used to have hypoxic episodes where I would almost lose consciousness, the most extreme symptom of an anxiety disorder. I didn't realise that as I became increasingly anxious, I wouldn't exhale completely, until my lungs were full of spent air, but my muscles were so tense I couldn't exhale, and I had no room for fresh air.
I still get anxious, but I recognise the symptoms early enough that I can circumvent the hypoxia. So I know that it is possible to reason through even physical manifestations of paralysing psychological stress.
So maybe I am, in part, a sensitive person. I just realised early on that I couldn't function either paralysed by my fear, or paralysed by utter disconnection from the world in which I live.
Let us not mollycoddle our sensitivity, and cherish it as a prize. Being intuitive and emotionally available and connected is a treasure. Embracing the kind of sensitivity that leaves one utterly incapable of reason or action isn't to be lauded, in my opinion.
-CK
It's still a fact that the roof leaks.
"But if it's true that the only person over whom I have control of actions is myself, then it does matter what I do. It may not matter a jot to the world at large, but it matters to me." - John Seymour
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Nina Jay wrote:
Chris Kott wrote:I used to have hypoxic episodes where I would almost lose consciousness, the most extreme symptom of an anxiety disorder. I didn't realise that as I became increasingly anxious, I wouldn't exhale completely, until my lungs were full of spent air, but my muscles were so tense I couldn't exhale, and I had no room for fresh air.
I still get anxious, but I recognise the symptoms early enough that I can circumvent the hypoxia. So I know that it is possible to reason through even physical manifestations of paralysing psychological stress.
I agree, it is possible to reason through psychological stress. I do it all the time. It's just that it's exhausting for me because of my sensitivity: there's so much to reason through
There are techniques that help with this, I've personally only scratched the surface of the subject, but I'm learning more of those techniques all the time and it's fascinating and empowering.
I read with keen interest everything Xisca Nicholas wrote, it makes a lot of sense to me.
Maybe I or someone else might even start a separate thread for all the ways one can handle the sensitivity and function better in our not-so-sensitive world.
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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Best luck: satisfaction
Greatest curse, greed
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Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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Living a life that requires no vacation.
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Chris Kott wrote:
Apart from being more selective of sources, I think a healthy amount of desensitization through judicious application of reason would do everyone a world of good. I don't think allowing onesself to be paralysed by one's sensitivity is an evolutionary advantage, do you?
-CK
"But if it's true that the only person over whom I have control of actions is myself, then it does matter what I do. It may not matter a jot to the world at large, but it matters to me." - John Seymour
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Chris Kott wrote:The best course of action for those sensitives would be to develop mental barriers or techniques that would allow for selectivity.
Xisca - pics! Dry subtropical Mediterranean - My project
However loud I tell it, this is never a truth, only my experience...
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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