Batch Batchelder

Uncomfortable ideas

The ideas aren’t uncomfortable, we are.

You don’t have to like the weather to acknowledge that it’s raining.

most people don’t totally understand the meaning of guilt, an assertion that changed my view on the topic entirely. Dr. Becky posited that true guilt arises when we act out of alignment with our own values, but we often use the word guilt to describe something very different: the emotional discomfort we feel when our values-aligned decision... See more

15. I'm constantly pushing myself into discomfort. Doing things that challenge and push me to become a better version of myself is crucial to maintaining a youthful outlook. The ability to learn new things and upgrade ourselves physically and mentally is an infinite game I'll gladly play for the rest of my life.

Breakup Dissonance: The internal conflict that arises when a leader's positive personal feelings toward a team member clash with evident professional underperformance. Most often, the leader will unconsciously devalue the relationship to justify the difficult decision to part ways.

In his introduction to Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa , Fr. Emmanuel Katongole contrasts the “politics of violence” which characterize so much of contemporary life with the “politics of forgiveness,” the church’s “alternative form of politics, one that is committed to saving and serving the very lives that are often... See more

take the situation quite seriously, but perhaps not focus so much on taking ourselves seriously.

Worker Bees.

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I wonder if you can pause

--just for a moment--

the emergency of your life

and step out into

the quiet of the world.

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Hear how gently it conveys

the delicate thread of birdsong,

how quickly it can soothe

the rupture of a passing jet.

Feel its vast, smiling invitation

to rest back into the person

you've been all your life.

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- James Pearson, from... See more