Matthew Stensland-Bos

Know this Love: What gives life value?

All life has value, but each life must determine whether its own life is worth living.

8 years ago

Know This Love: Glass in the ass

I used to hate how my body would constantly send me pain signals. I resented how human I felt.

8 years ago

Know This Love: Pizza and a gorilla suit

At long last, my lack of focus and aversion to following orders had gained me praise.

8 years ago

Know This Love: Ian and the junk models

I never really know what abstract art is supposed to mean until I have it explained.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Oneness in the real world

It would seem there’s a great disconnect between the ideal and the reality. But I am seeing now where that…

9 years ago

Know This Love: Love heals all things

The incredible irony of spiraling into self-hate because I wanted to spread self-love was not lost on me.

9 years ago

Know This Love: The hardest people to love

The hardest people to love are the people who teach us to love unconditionally.

9 years ago

Know This Love: A mission begins

A vision came to me a couple weeks ago for a project I knew I needed to undertake.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Renewing the mind

If we can just renew our minds, we can create heaven on earth.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Shame

When it comes to shame, every person thinks that he is the only one who experiences it, or that she…

9 years ago

Know This Love: Retracing

I’m not sure it would ever be feasible to outlaw self-abuse or self-harm, but it’s worth imagining.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Give it two weeks

This is a way of reminding ourselves that nothing lasts, and that includes the problems we face or believe we…

9 years ago

Know This Love: Putting anxiety to bed

This weekend I bought a mattress. The one I’ve been sleeping on since moving into my current place belongs to…

9 years ago

Know This Love: Digital clutter and my life’s work

Now and then, I need to clear some space -- maybe even start over.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Good news, bad news

We know there's plenty of negativity in the world without reporters making it worse.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Panhandling, violence and gratitude

These people had nothing – and still they were grateful to be alive. They were celebrating.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Gratitude in perspective

Gratitude is, like many things, about perspective.

9 years ago

Know This Love: My higher standards lower my income

Pump out as many articles as possible to maximize my paid time, right? I just can’t do that.

9 years ago

Know This Love: Greatness in small things

“My joy is in correctly receiving the challenges of the day.”

9 years ago

Know This Love: I’m a cynic and I’m still voting

No politician on the planet gives a damn about people who don’t vote.

10 years ago

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