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It is never personal, you're not the protagonist

It's so easy to become offended. It actually comes pretty natural. Someone says something.  You feel it's directed at you Strong reaction follows No need to react, it's got nothing to do with you as a person Imagine some remarks about academic work versus manual one, a bit dismissive about the latter. You don't have a degree and never wanted one. You know very well it takes years of experience and training to do what you're doing. Talent is involved too, as some people do have "two left hands".  You still feel you should add something to the conversation, but not sure if it is going to be well-received. No need to enlighten the other party right now Most people think in terms of opposites. If it's not this, it's that and it can't be anything else. Certainty of one's convictions is also a form of self-reassurance that everything is stable in one's world. Other points of view cannot be allowed because they are disruptive. Cognitive disrup...
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Question of the morning



There is a lake of ink, both physical and digital, somewhere, filled by everything that has been written on mind, body and soul and their holistic union. 
Empirical observation seems to show that each of the three varies in size as life unfolds.
Question: is the sum of the parts kept the same by some inner mysterious workings or can it be influenced by a particular conscious action?
An old sarcastic reply to someone boasting of having given up a bad habit was “Remember that the sum of our vices stays the same”.
Does this apply to the sum of mind, body and soul?

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