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Holding Two Truths (Without Exploding)

Why paradox isn’t a problem to solve, but a fire to hold.

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TJ Walsh
Sep 18, 2025
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Neat little answers have always been sus to me. They look good on paper, but they don’t hold up when you’re actually living inside them. Life, it turns out, doesn’t hand us clarity tied up with a bow…it keeps throwing us contradictions. Life is hilarious like that. Joy tangled up with grief. Love laced with fear. The relief of belonging shadowed by that…

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