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Of Love
Let’s talk about love today. This morning, I went to Mass, and Father L said humans are created out of love. Thus, our nature is not to hurt but to love. Something that’s always bothered me is why people become… Continue reading
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Ideal Man Talks
Posted this on my Facebook eleven months ago (February 2016). Funny how some things never change. Because it is February and because it is my heart. 1. He should love God more than anything. Because that IS the first commandment.… Continue reading
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Paulo Coelho: The Witch of Portobello
I’m scared of Paulo Coelho. He discomforts me. He forces me to remember what I’d rather forget, what I’d rather not feel. But from the Devil and Miss Prym to Eleven Minutes to Manuscript Found in Accra to The Witch… Continue reading
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Paulo Coelho: By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept
“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I… Continue reading
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Robert Greene: Mastery
If you ask what the one thing I’ve spent at least 10,000 hours doing with intense focus is, my answer would be nothing. It’s not reading. Quantitatively, yes, but I can’t say the same as for quality. Truth is I… Continue reading
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Greg McKeown: Essentialism: the Disciplined Pursuit of Less
She said I was the only librarian she knew who didn’t like books. It was 2011. I just weeded out ALL the old textbooks from the school library. (Come on. One title had like a gazillion copies rotting in perfectly usable shelves… Continue reading
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2016 in Books
2016 meant my first article published on a national broadsheet, two consecutive heartbreaks, a temporary relapse to eating animals, major political issues, and a dismal total of nine books. Nine books. For someone who claims she loves books, that is pure horror. Not… Continue reading
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