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My Website My  Blogging link The Mustard Seed of Misunderstanding  By Graylon Abukhadir Mayberry A mustard seed is small enough to balance on a fingertip, yet it can grow into a sprawling plant that can dominate the space around it. In many traditions and cultures, the mustard seed is used as a symbol of potential and transformation, but it can also serve as a powerful image for how misunderstanding works in everyday life. Misunderstanding often starts just as small: a brief message without context, a delayed reply, a facial expression read the wrong way. On its own, each moment seems harmless. But when these small moments fall into the soil of assumption, they begin to root themselves. Unspoken fears, old wounds, and unresolved memories become the water and sunlight that help them grow. Over time, what began as a tiny point of confusion turns into a thick, tangled mass of doubt, insecurity, and resentment, until the original misunderstanding is hard to even name. ...

By Graylon Abukhadir Mayberry  ## The Difference Between Humans And Devils There is a simple image that says a lot about what it means to be human: one rider is a single devil, but a pair of riders can become a pair of devils when they move in the wrong direction together. [1] Humanity is not defined just by having a body or a brain, but by a unique level of self‑consciousness and the ability to care, to hear, and to respond to the world and other beings around us.  Human beings carry an inner tendency to look after more than just themselves. [1] There is a natural desire to protect children, partners, animals, and even strangers, and this desire is part of what separates a human from a beast that lives only by instinct or survival. [1] *** ## The Human Capacity For Deep Attachment One of the clearest signs of this humanity is the depth of attachment humans form with others, human and non‑human alike. [1] When someone we love receives good fortune, many of us feel joy as if th...