Posts Tagged ‘Fear

This is just one piece of advice given in Baz Luhrmann’s song ‘Everybody’s Free (to Wear Sunscreen)’. I have always loved this song, and this piece of advice, especially, has stuck in my mind. There is so much more to be said about the rest of the lyrics, but for now I will focus on [...] Read more »

31 Jul, 2008

Is choice an illusion?

Posted by: User ImagePenny (Who am I?) In: Imagine

Some think we are free to choose, some think everything in life is determined, and this is the essence of a debate that has been going on amongst philosophers for hundreds of years.
There are two main problems: if we see that everything is determined, then there can be no moral responsibility. For example, if someone [...] Read more »

As a follow up to my post on ‘learn who you are as an individual’ I wanted to write about how difficult this can actually be. You might already have the time and freedom to do what you want and learn how you want to be, but there are many obstacles that might get in [...] Read more »

Have you ever heard of erythrophobia? I just found out what it means, but I have experienced its consequences for years now. I always used to blush at times throughout my life, but it only bothered me since about two years ago.
Erythrophobia literally means a fear of blushing, of going red. Apart from trich this [...] Read more »

24 May, 2008

If I Fell

Posted by: User ImagePenny (Who am I?) In: The Word Is Love| What Matters to Me

I am a huge Beatles fan, and my blog is in fact named after a line in their song ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’. I was listening to their album A Hard Day’s Night recently and started to think about the lyrics of the song “If I Fell”:

If I fell in love with [...] Read more »


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I'm a 21 year old girl who has just finished university in the UK and is wondering a lot about life. My blog contains personal, philosophical reflections on my journey, but also includes factual posts on anything from history to trichotillomania.

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