Aminah Camara

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the rage that consumes you beacause of injustice and

reminders for myself and optimism is power

It's the feeling of being possessed by desire. When you ask people about being limerent it’s not atypical to hear “It almost ruined my life,” sometimes followed by “I miss the intensity of it.”

Ava • The Agony of Eros: On Limerence - By Ava - Bookbear Express

passion

human complexities

is that what I have intellectual loneliness

reminders for myself

"Because to influence a person is to give him one's own soul. He does not think his natural thoughts, or burn with his natural passions. His virtues are not real to him. His sins, if there are such things as sins, are borrowed. He becomes an echo of some one else's music, an actor of a part that has not been written for him. The aim of life is

passion and

The Picture of Dorian Gray page 20

who has ever truly known me?

They Convinced you to Love Yourself So you’d Forget to Respect Yourself

Zahra open.substack.com

reminders for myself and betraying the self to conform

“Self-love encourages a self-acceptance without challenge or accountability, while self-respect demands integrity, discipline, and, most importantly, a steadfast alignment with one's values. If your worldview is one of higher purpose and one that acknowledges the reality that struggle is a condition of life,

'feeling good' is peripheral. What becomes central is dignity, self-confidence, resilience, and an ability to rely on yourself.”

“Today, by one measure, 72 percent of the global population lives in some form of autocracy, and only 13 percent enjoy true liberal democracy with free and fair elections, the rule of law, and constraints on the executive (president or prime minister). “

source: V-Dem Institute, “Autocratization Turns Viral: Annual Democracy Report 2021,” March

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