by Jeremy Ostler | Nov 12, 2020 | Personal Development
How do you see yourself? And is what you see . . . true? Indeed, who are you? And how can you know it? Who we are and who we think we are can be two very different things. For example, you may be capable of rising early in the morning, but you may not think you are...
by Jeremy Ostler | Mar 30, 2020 | Culture, How To, Personal Development, Relationships
Fear. But mostly, fear others. Tragically, that’s what many of us were taught to do by just about every adult in our lives. Fear what others think of you. Fear what they say about you. And especially, fear what they might do to you if you refuse to be who they want...
by Jeremy Ostler | Mar 20, 2020 | Culture, How To, Personal Development, Relationships, Uncategorized
Love may be the greatest force for good in the world. But trust makes the world go round. In fact, without trust, love would be little more than an afterthought. We wouldn’t have the emotional bandwidth to concern ourselves with such a luxury. Our first order of...
by Jeremy Ostler | Mar 17, 2020 | Culture, Personal Development
Writing in the National Review, Kevin D. Williamson describes certain technical difficulties that result from abandoning moral language for clinical language: Some terms, such as “narcissist,” straddle the line between medicine and pop culture. We love to engage in...
by Jeremy Ostler | Feb 14, 2020 | Personal Development, Religion
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee” (Jeremiah 1:5). I have to imagine that in our pre-mortal life the idea of coming to Earth, although no doubt exhilarating, must have sent chills down our spirit spines. Not only would we have to face...
by Jeremy Ostler | Jan 23, 2020 | How To, Personal Development
“Who are you?” I believe it’s a question we should ask ourselves regularly. Importantly, we should follow it up with “Who were you yesterday?” I like this little exercise because it impresses on the mind the fact that if you are the same person today that you were...
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