Frontiers Friday 115: Existence (Part VI) ⭕️

What Qatar Doesn't Want You to See, and Five More Recommendations on the Topic of Meaning

Ok. The globe is absorbed in the World Cup right now.

And here’s what Qatar doesn’t want you to see. Specifically, it’s this weird-shaped blue zone:

For more, watch this:

Salute to Johnny Harris and his team for their reporting.

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I’ve been a sick dog the last few days. So I’m gonna keep the blurb for each short today. Apologies.

1. 📕 New From My FullCircles Desk: Good Things Grow From…
   Do you know this song? “Scrambles eggs, oh baby how I love your legs.”
   Read this short post to figure out were good things grow from.
   
   

2. 📽 Watch: Stutz
   This documentary is atypical and intimate.

   Actor Jonah Hill turns the camera to his therapist that he’s been seeing for years, psychiatrist Phil Stutz.
   Although some of the naming of his strategies were derivative of other people’s work, I found it illuminating. I was also pleased to learn that Phil sketches out his ideas. (It’s funny how you feel validated when others do similar things).
   Here’s an article on all of his strategies he mentioned in the documentary.
   
   Here’s the paraphrase of the intro from Jonah Hill:
   - When you see your friends, all they should do is listen, and not give you advice.
   - When you see your therapist, they should be give you direction, but all they do is just listen.
   
   Stutz is available on Netflix.
   
   

3. 📘 Read: The Art of the Good Life
   I loved Rolf Dobelli’s first book, The Art of Thinking Clearly. In fact, the format of The First Kiss book was inspired by Rolf i.e., short chapters and providing linkages to other related chapters.
   In the Art of the Good Life, Rolf provides 52 “shortcuts” that may lead you to a better life.
   In chapter 25, The Circle of Dignity, he writes

   “…Be prepared for one thing: you’d disappoint some people by defending your principles—especially people you care about.

   The circle of competence—that’s ten thousand hours. The circle of dignity—that ten thousand wounds.”

   Reminds me of Groucho Marx:

   “These are my principles. If you don’t like them—I have others.”

4. 📽Watch: Nick Cave on Faith, Grief, and Music
   

   
   This was just released about a week ago on BBC.
   Nick Cave talks about the death of his 15-year-old son, and his healing process in the making of the album Ghosteen (A really haunting album).
   

   Susie, his wife said, “it take courage to be happy.” Nick replied, “I agree with everything my wife says.”
   
   

5. ⏸ Words Worth Contemplating:

   “Happiness is an act of defiance.”

   ~ Nick Cave.

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   Reflection:

   Happiness, is an act of defiance.
   
   Think of all the faces who embody this defiance to be happy, against all odds.
   
   Here’s one that immediately calls to mind:
   

   

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