Then and Now — Another Ever-fresh Collection of Stories

Another round-up of timeless reads from Muse2Muse editors

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Muse4Life — Read-a-Week 2

A preview of great reads by M2M editors for the week — May 8th. Note that there is no order to the stories listed in this collection. Each one of them has a signature of greatness.

1. This week’s collection of great reads begins with my story on Muse2Muse, drawing on insights from Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity.

When a nation decides to self-destruct, we know who to blame. Stupidity

2. Alexander Ziperovich sheds light on the pro-Palestinian protest movement rocking university campuses in the U S of A.

The Protest Movement is Lost

3. It is always better to end a relationship than to end a marriage. 10 Signs God Wants You To End A Relationship from AttractionDiary.Com can help you to sort out your life.

10 Signs God Wants You To End A Relationship

4. We will all fare better by limiting the time we spend before our screens. The Impact of Limiting Screen Time on Your Well-being by Hein V 🌞🌈💖will help you to better reorder your screen time and your life.

The Impact of Limiting Screen Time on Your Well-being

5. Dylan Combellick writes, They Were Absolutely Wrong… — About Russia’s Absolutely Unprovoked Invasion of Ukraine

They Were Absolutely Wrong …

6. Shankar Narayan tells the story of Gazprom’s falling fortunes — the product of Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. “Putin’s Gazprom Plunges into a $6.9 billion loss — Despite the war, Europe wanted to continue. It was Putin who forced Europe to drop Gazprom. One of the worst own goals ever.”

Putin’s Gazprom Plunges into a $6.9 billion loss

7. This is one of my all-time favorite reads about writing. Read Mona Lazar’s story and cheer your one-person writing audience to success.

We Were All Wrong: Writing Is About the Author, Not The Reader

8. I frequently return to this classic in my Medium reading lists. Colin Horgan tells of how we could all be complicit in allowing evil and tyranny to expand just like it did in Nazi Germany.

This Is How It Happens

9. This is one of my first Medium publication story. Be careful who you trust. No how to screen the good from the bad gys/gals.

To Trust or Not To Trust

10. There is such a thing as trying too hard and you’re probably doing it. According to Ayodeji Awosika, this probably explains why some of us (me2) are struggling to attract readers to our writing. Won’t you rather chill out and stop trying too hard?

You’re Struggling to Attract an Audience For Your Writing Because You’re Trying to do Too Much

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