"The Mirror and the Window" — Understanding Ourselves Without Becoming Prisoners of Our Past

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June 29, 2026

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"The Mirror and the Window" — Understanding Ourselves Without Becoming Prisoners of Our Past

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Jun 29, 2026 Features / Columnists, News

(Kaieteur News) – Every family has at least one sentence that has been repeated for so many years that nobody even questions it anymore. “That’s just how we are.” “Everybody in this family stubborn.””The men in this family don’t show emotion.” “You know how we does do things.”

Most of us hear these statements from childhood. They become part of the background music of life. We repeat them, laugh about them, and sometimes even wear them like badges of honor. Rarely do we stop to ask a simple question: Who decided that this is just the way we are?

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