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Is giving up on a challenge a strategy that ever brings comfort? An example from my reading.

July 5, 2025

The illustration – by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff – is from the Harvard Gazette article cited below, but to give up a book because it makes you uncomfortable may not be to ‘bin’ it but just re-shelve it in your mind (source: https://content.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/10/when-to-quit-a-book/ ). After all the bin in the illustration has a l;ong shadow – … More Is giving up on a challenge a strategy that ever brings comfort? An example from my reading.

Support me with your strength to make me stronger, the rest is the verbal equivalent of cotton wool

July 9, 2024

What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? The etymology, at least, of the word ‘comfort’ is clear. ‘With strength’ is the term that indicates that a stronger person or other entity such as a state, a church, or a loving group of lower formality lends its strength to someone or … More Support me with your strength to make me stronger, the rest is the verbal equivalent of cotton wool