There Is No Such Thing as a Single-Sided Coin

Adrian S. Potter
3 min readNov 17, 2024

So, if you don’t like what’s on one side, flip it over.

Photo by Ron Smith on Unsplash

The Secondhand Inspiration Project begins with a motivational quote and ventures wherever the creative path meanders.

“Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery — the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets — is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together.” - Alan Watts

With our post-election society being an absolute powder keg of emotion, it is hard to sit idly watching the news, wondering why we are all standing here with lit matches while pretending things won’t eventually explode.

If you are a parent attempting to raise a mindful kid in this callous world, you might be confronted by your progeny asking a valid variation of the following questions:

Why do struggles exist?

Why do some people have to suffer?

Why do good times have to end?

Why can’t we always…

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Adrian S. Potter
Adrian S. Potter

Written by Adrian S. Potter

Antisocial Extrovert · Writer and Poet, Engineer, Consultant, Public Speaker · Writing about self-improvement, gratitude, and creativity · www.adrianspotter.com

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