One’s created sense of self is not who you are. The present moment is all we have.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Be kind and do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗
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To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
We’re not here for long so don’t be wreaking havoc along the way.
That life is tough and unfair; that life is beautiful.
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As a decent bloke.
The usual racist shit.
Other people’s suffering.
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