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Joyce Nielsen's avatar

It's true, we are lving in an age of loneliness with everyone plugged into their cell phones like a lifeline. Whatever happened to meaningful interactions?

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Ali Hall's avatar

I hear your Joyce. I love good conversation. I always put my phone away when I’m spending time with friends.

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Julie Greenan's avatar

So needing saying. Love the Gabor Maté quote.

And this: 'I believe the Suffering Olympics is one of the most toxic phenomena.'

Someone else diminishing our pain is just not OK. 'At least... ' Yes. How dare they? If, having had validation from someone else, or from ourselves, we then come to a place of gratitude or acceptance about our own situation, that's a different matter. Because it's for US to decide what our pain feels like, without any sort of comparison or evaluation by someone else.

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Leszek (LESH-ek) Stelmachowski's avatar

On point. As always.

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Ali Hall's avatar

It’s such a good term for it right?

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