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What Is True Love?
True love is when you know how absolutely flawed the other party is, yet you still love them for who they are, and vice versa. True love does last forever. My grandmother and grandfather stayed together until his untimely death. He married her when she had nothing. She was working at a military commissary in … Read more
What Things in Life Are Better Understood Through Experience?
On Quora, someone asked: “What things are very difficult to grasp when just reading about it? For example, as a male, I cannot fully understood how it feels to be pregnant or give birth. Reading about it seems a terribly inadequate substitute. There are also some aspects of the human condition such as heartbreak and … Read more
What Are Some Good Reasons to Volunteer?
To help others less fortunate than you. (The more unfortunate you are, the more you should volunteer. To bring joy to others. To see the world from a fresh perspective, through the eyes of the people you’re helping. To learn. To practice generosity. To provide a sense of being, a reason for existence. To … Read more
How I Feel About Verbal Confrontations
I used to have a lot of friends. Then one day, they wanted to contradict one of my beliefs and attack me. So, I attacked back. Then I dug them so deep into the ground with what I said that they told other people. Then all my friends started disappearing, and it was just me. … Read more
Why Are Broke People Always Complaining?
I used to have a lot of money. Then one day, I didn’t. I wanted to go eat a $48 steak at BOA with an $11 side of mac and cheese. Could I go buy it? No. I had to think about paying rent. I couldn’t pay rent, so I had to figure out what … Read more
Why It’s Easier to Give Advice to Others Than to Yourself
Implementation. We all know what we need to do. We all know how hard it is. But, then we get discouraged. Telling someone else what their problems are and how to fix it is easy. All we have to do is speak the words. But then again, we always hear how talk is cheap. … Read more
How Do I Get Popular on Quora without Being Smart?
What Is Quora and Why Should I Provide My Knowledge There for Free? Wow, if I had to be smart to achieve anything in life, then I may as well have just started to dig my grave years ago. Smart? What’s that? It definitely doesn’t describe the type of person who goes out of his … Read more
The Easiest Way to Reduce Stress
When I was a young adult, I was taught that watching TV is the easiest way to eliminate productivity. I avoided TV at all costs and just worked away. There were even times when I would dedicate 105 hours a week strictly to work, and I didn’t play at all. I was overwhelmed. All my … Read more
What Do You Most Fear?
Being through absolutely everything in life, I have come to dismiss almost all my fears. Two remain, both new and never felt before. The first would be the fear of death. I used to never feel like death could be scary at all. I felt that I was invincible. That I would live forever. That … Read more
How to Stop Failing
On Quora, someone asked: “I have been participating in hackathons and startup weekends for about two years. Last year I was on the winning team in 3 events. This year I have just repetitively lost over and over, participating in maybe 15 this year. If I keep failing at hackathons and startup weekends, should I take … Read more