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The Contradictions Of Giftedness
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.” It appears that Walt Whitman knew something about rainforest minds. You are large. You contain multitudes. But how do you live with your multitudinous-ness when other humans find you overwhelming. And when you find you overwhelming. How do…
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What Your Ruminating, Analyzing, Synthesizing Mind-Body Needs
When you have a rainforest mind, you’re a deep, fast thinker. Your mental capacity is vast. You think, worry, question, ruminate, reckon, critique, imagine, analyze, synthesize, emote, and evaluate. Most of the time. OK. All of the time. So, I’m wondering. What about your body? Do you give your body the attention that it deserves? Do…
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Lonely? Find Your Pips–Part Two
It’s hard to find other rainforest minds. They’re not usually hanging out at the mall. (Well, OK, maybe you hang out at the mall.) They don’t wear identifying clothing. They don’t carry slide rules. (Well, OK, maybe you wear your Star Trek tee shirt.) And people will get suspicious if you spend all day every day…
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Muddled by Your Musings
Do people have difficulty following you? Are they muddled by your musings about the flaws in our current cultural mythologies? Do they retreat at your ruminations about the future of the planet? Do they get lost in your lectures about quadratic equations? Well, my geekly one, I have the answer for you. If you want someone to…