Category: Shadow

On Comparing Yourself to Others

We all know that com­par­ing our­selves to oth­ers comes with per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al risks, the main one being that as indi­vid­u­als we can devel­op a sense that we lack some­thing that oth­ers have — and this is bad for our con­fi­dence, sense of dig­ni­ty and self-respect. But despite this aware­ness, for many if not most… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Com­par­ing Your­self to Others

My Soul

The path does not go upward; it goes down, which for some rea­son is a sur­prise. I guess I’m so used to paths in the moun­tains I’m not sure exact­ly what to do with one that descends into a val­ley. I’m car­ry­ing my cam­era and one wide angle zoom lens hid­den under my rain­coat. It… Con­tin­ue read­ing My Soul

The Hole and the Portal

Peo­ple nat­u­ral­ly turn to those they con­sid­er lead­ers in times of cri­sis — for answers, deci­sions, emo­tion­al sup­port, for a clear path through tense real­i­ties that risk immense and painful change. If you want evi­dence of this turn toward lead­er­ship, note the wide-spread cri­tique of the Pres­i­den­t’s inac­tions, cor­rup­tions and lies well rep­re­sent­ed by this… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Hole and the Portal