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I Believe... [Learning to Swim]
I believe... that while the lesson to ’never trust anyone ever again’ is reasonable in some cases it is not pragmatic or useful in any way. If you almost drown in the ocean, the better lesson is ‘learn to swim.’ I’m working on my breaststroke from now on.
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I Believe... [Not Nihilism. Clarity]
I believe... that, at half a century plus, one starts to see how much of the world’s issues are bullshit. This is not nihilism. It’s clarity.
When Ali, Casey, and I were in college down in central Illinois, we lived in this great place just a block off campus. It was situated at the top of a hill overlooking the town smack dab in the middle of Greek Row, snuggled between the Beta and SAE houses—a modest, three-bedroom house with a front porch and back patio, and yard that made it ideal for barbecues and other themed or not themed parties.