🪞 Reflection

What We Feed Grows

We all have a diet. Not just of food, but of thoughts, habits, and attention. Every day, we choose what to give our time and energy to. And here’s the truth: what you feed, grows.

Scroll through social media for hours and you’re feeding distraction. Watch the news on repeat and you’re feeding anxiety. Spend time with your family, read a book, or write a page, and you’re feeding connection and growth. Like it or not, the results are predictable—seeds always sprout into what they are meant to become.

Daily Choices

Think of your life as three overlapping diets.

Your media diet. The books, podcasts, shows, and conversations you consume become raw material for your mind. If you’re filling up on outrage or endless noise, don’t be surprised when your thoughts echo the same.

Your food diet. The literal fuel for your body. You don’t need a perfect menu to know that vegetables beat potato chips. What you feed your body sets the stage for energy, mood, and long-term health.

Your thought diet. The quiet but constant loop running inside your head. Feed yourself with gratitude, perspective, and kindness, and you’ll notice those qualities grow stronger. Feed yourself with cynicism or resentment, and they’ll flourish just as quickly.

Small Things Compound

What you feed doesn’t show up overnight, but small things add up fast. A single seed becomes a tree. A few drops fill a bucket.

Five minutes of journaling may feel small compared to an hour of doomscrolling—but give it a month and see what happens. Habits compound. The little things you choose every day create momentum, and that momentum sets the direction of your life.

Growth is slow, but it is inevitable. The only question is: what direction are you growing in?

Neglect is Feeding Too

Here’s the hard part: neglect counts as feeding. Weeds thrive when you do nothing.

If you don’t feed patience, distraction will take its place. If you don’t feed kindness, bitterness creeps in. If you don’t feed learning, ignorance expands to fill the void.

Life is never neutral. Something is always growing.

Choose Wisely

We don’t get to avoid growth. We only get to decide what we’re nourishing.

So ask yourself: what am I feeding today?

The good news is that growth is inevitable. That means the smallest choices, consistently made, can shift your entire direction. Feed the right things and watch them take root.

We Grow What We Feed

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❓ This Week’s Quiz

This Week’s Quiz: Denmark, the U.S., and Greenland

Week of Aug 25–31, 2025 • 5 questions

1. Which country summoned the top U.S. diplomat this week over alleged influence operations?

• A) Iceland
• B) Denmark
• C) Norway

2. The alleged operations centered on which territory?

• A) Faroe Islands
• B) Svalbard
• C) Greenland

3. What was one alleged goal of the campaign?

• A) Promote Greenland’s secession / shape opinion on its status
• B) Influence fishing-quota talks
• C) Lobby for tourism subsidies

4. Which Danish official issued the summons?

• A) Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
• B) Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
• C) Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen

5. How did Danish leaders characterize the alleged interference?

• A) “Regrettable but routine”
• B) “Unprecedented in Europe”
• C) “Unacceptable”

✨ Quote of the Week

“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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