The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonour’d, and unsung.
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/breathes-there-man/
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- Aug 2025
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www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
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- Dec 2023
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i realized that that the the thing that giving me the most anguish in the world most uh a sense of crisis was the 00:16:18 possibility that my children would grow up merge into the world as adults and lose their sense of hope into a world of turbulent violence and would lose sense of hope 00:16:31 so that that's when things really started to crystalliz
- for: for my children, self-centered motivation
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new trailmark: reflections
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reflections: I was inspired by my children
- How often we hear academic researchers share how a lot of their work is inspired by their care for their children.
- This is an interesting social phenomena in its own right.
- It seems natural and yet, it begs the question, with so many existential threats to our entire species, is it only when we think of our own children that we can find motivation to act? Why can we not act without the dread our children might face?
- Naturally, the answer is because we are selfish. We think, worry and are concerned more for our direct kin than for any other.
- Perhaps, as a culture, had we had more concern for the others, we might not find ourselves in our current quagmire?
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- Dec 2017
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www.psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com
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Too Self-Absorbed? These Tips Can Free You From . . . You
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