We all hide. Sometimes it’s tucking away the naked truth with little white lies or lies of omission – usually to spare someone we care about from the sharp edge of our critical tongue or to avoid confrontation. We fear unpleasant interactions – that’s human nature.
We hide by not facing irritants head-on – turning the other cheek not to be heroic but because we can’t face the bully or we’re too polite to blow off the in-our-face idiot who makes our teeth ache from frustration. We crave the safety of status quo. Change could mean failure, right? We fear the unknown.
Categories: Modern life, What I'm Doing
Tagged: determination, staying on track
How I long for the dry heat of Dubai, where there’s scarcely a breath of wind and no one but crazy Westerners walks outside for any length of time. It took a few days to dawn on me that, unlike most other cities we’ve visited over the years, there were not dogs. At all. Of course, in Islam, dogs are filthy unholy beasts.
But the piece de resistance is the refuse bins. They are beautifully painted and look more like street art that garbage receptacles. Flowers and geometric designs.
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