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Yahia Lababidi

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Pandemics are also tests of emotional intelligence.

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Patriotism, today, is to be ashamed of one’s country.

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Humility is to entertain the possibility that our detractors might be right about us. 

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You are what you do not post online.

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Our insecurities prevent us from recognizing how dearly we are beloved.

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Our fascination with the monstrous perpetuates it.

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If life has placed you on probation, best to proceed with added caution.

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Love has many faces—righteous indignation is one.

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Remember, nobody can help you—but anybody can lend a hand.

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Looking a gift horse in the mouth is the human condition.

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Inspiration speaks in fits and starts—revealing to us only what is necessary at the time.

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Radical gratitude: to be thankful for the good, the bad, and what we do not know or  understand. 

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November 2020

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Yahia Lababidi, Egyptian-Lebanese, is the author of several books of poetry and prose. His latest is Revolutions of the Heart, a collection of essays and conversations.

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