Unbroken: Musings on Human Nature

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Structure Your Relationship Intentionally
Part 2: Adventure? Or Complacency?
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Derrick A. Mason
Structure Your Relationship Intentionally
Part 1: Play or Tyranny?
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Derrick A. Mason
Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick
Nice doesn’t scale. True peace comes through the potential for the moral application of strength, not through meekness, or weakness.
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Voluntary Self-Sacrifice or Codependence?
Sometimes it's a slippery slope
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Stoicism Is Great, If You're Careful
If you aren’t careful, it can lead you down a slippery slope toward nihilism.
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Hope Is Not A Strategy
Hope definitely has a place. But I struggle to know exactly how it fits in.
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May 2025

Listen First
We are better off in our relationship when we feel connected, and curiosity is the key.
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Some Things Don't Scale
Too much of a good thing is no longer a good thing.
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Understanding Masculinity
It's time that we reorient ourselves around the proper conceptualization of manhood.
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Paradox
The best life is found in the tension between the extremes.
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That's Toxic!
Personality traits have pathological extremes on both sides. It’s not just the masculine.
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April 2025

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