Tag Archives: Self

The One and Only You

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here People change. We have the wedding pictures to prove it. But how do we know that the figure in that long-ago snapshot is the same person we can share coffee with today? This is what psychologists call the Problem of the Self. Is there something lasting and durable at the core of every human… Read more »

The Me You Don’t See

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every set of Russian nesting dolls has an inside story. A matryoshka (the Russian word for “little mother,” pronounced Mah-TROESH- Kah) is a doll within a doll within a doll, each of them exquisitely hand-painted. Traditionally, the largest exterior doll is a Russian mother attired in a shapeless peasant jumper dress…. Read more »

Not About Me

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here My life is not actually about me. In my head and in my heart, I know that’s true. The problem, of course, is that I really have a hard time choosing to live as if that were true. I am constantly thinking about myself. It takes no effort whatsoever.  When I… Read more »