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Paradox
is not
“out there.”

It is inside
our minds.

The moment we reframe our problems
as paradoxes,
may also be the moment
it becomes much easier
to make progress
on our challenges.

It’s easy
to judge others
for getting addicted
to power.

And yet,
once someone realizes
that what power gives us
is the potential
to never have to expose
our vulnerabilities,
to never have to feel
such unpleasant
emotions,
as shame
and embarrassment
it’s not too difficult to image
why anyone
would not wish to let go
to not get addicted
hard to blame anyone
for not wanting to lose
that way.

A way
called “power.”

Some say
realizing empathy
requires
imagination

Sure.

But perhaps more importantly,
realizing empathy
develops
our imagination.

“You must have had
so much will power
to finish your book!”
someone asked.

“No.
I finished it,
because I promised
my kickstarter backers.”
I answered.

“You must have had
so much courage
to leave your comfortable job
to go to art school.”
someone asked.

“No.
I went to art school,
because it was the only ray of hope
I was offered
by a stranger.”
I answered.

Everything I’ve done
that seems difficult
was done
because someone supported me
to do it.

I yelled at you
for not getting the work done
on time.

What I meant to say
was that Im afraid
to

I

What I meant to say
was that

I

What I meant to say
was that

The fear
that we might regret
isn’t it
it’s more
that living life
with constant
doubt
is not healthy
be honest about the doubt
and either find ways to remove that doubt
even if there is no guarantee

On my business card,
it says
I’m CEO
of Realizing Empathy.

When I introduce myself
I’m a coach.

But deep down
I’m
an artist.

We feel immense gratitude
when the values we wished to instill someone
is echoed from them

That makes all the effort we put int
to support others
worth ith

When we see art
we see our loneliness depicted in the art
and in that moment
we realize that we’re not alone
in our loneliness

and somehow we can feel a surge of strength supported

At the end of the day
we are all alone at some level

Unless we hold hands with another person
and die exactly at the same time with them
we will die
alone.

Unless we vow to only make decisions
unless someone else approves of our decisions
we will make decisions
alone.

The question is
are we isolated
in our loneliness
or are we
connected
through our loneliness
or supported in our loneliness

We often think
yes,
no,
and maybe
are the only three responses
we can give to
or receive from
others.

That is until we realize
that there exists
a fourth way,
which is to let’s (or help me) think
together.