Almost everyone feels like they are losing. In this climate, the instinct is to retreat. But if we do, the fragile collective fabric will unravel, and we will all lose far more. The future depends on choosing responsibility over resentment.

Our minds are not neutral. They defend what we already believe and seek comfort, not truth. Unless we question what we believe and why, we are not free. We are rationalising. This piece explores six biases that quietly trap our thinking."

Like the Roman god Janus, we live facing both past and future. Yet life can only be lived in the present. This reflection explores how regret and anticipation often hold us back, and how small actions, chosen now, are what truly shape the future we long for.

We like to believe we are free. But much of what shapes our choices was never chosen. Culture, biology, conditioning, and ignorance weave an invisible web around the will. True freedom begins not in denying these forces, but in seeing them clearly and acting wisely within their bounds.

Anger is not a bad emotion. It is a raw one. Like all emotions, it carries a truth, but not the whole truth. Left alone,