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Ruminations on loyalty

Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies What is loyalty? Is it important? What am I loyal to? What are you loyal to? Loyalty: A Working Definition Let’s define it as a deep sense of allegiance or faithfulness to someone or something, like a person, group, cause, or belief. It usually involves support, trust,Continue reading “Ruminations on loyalty”

Ruminations on Ruminations

Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, I ruminate—a lot. According to the dictionary, rumination is “deep or considered thought about something,” which sounds beneficial. However, a quick Google search reveals articles warning against it, labelling it a mental health problem. Psychologists describe rumination as the repetitive focus on negative thoughts and experiences withoutContinue reading “Ruminations on Ruminations”

Ruminations on empathy

Aweh, My Dearly Beloved Fellow Ruminants & Groupies, One of my readers sent me the featured quotes. My visceral response was to demonise Musk and identify with Hannah Arendt—but then I started to ruminate, as I do. Is empathy the most essential feature of a successful society? The empathy quote is widely (but wrongly) attributedContinue reading “Ruminations on empathy”