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Happiness Recipe

This was my post for today on Facebook; I am placing it here too… I started down a path of morose thinking and my recent posts have been a reflection of my reading of very caustic political, religious, and cultural

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Posted in Behavior, Friendship, hope, Self-reflection

Ignorance, despair with a dash of hope….

The ignorance that exists within my psyche continually confounds and astounds me. Thusly, the ignorance I observe all around me in our existence as humans is beyond all my comprehension. It pushes my thoughts to their limits and forces me

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Posted in Behavior, Envirionment, hope, Life, Questions, Self-reflection

No advice is good advice

The muse that stimulated this writing is a Chinese Proverb; “If your strength is small, don’t carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don’t give advice.” With this proverb in mind I offer you the following narrative: Whereas I

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Posted in Answers, Behavior, Humor, Self-reflection

Blocks and Cramps and mindless thoughts, or a lesson in the parts of speech.

Topic: Blocks and Cramps and mindless thoughts, or a lesson in the parts of speech. As one can imagine, mindless thoughts do wondrous tricks to the human psyche. In some ways I am prone to flights of fancy in which

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Posted in Answers, Humor, Life, Questions, Self-reflection, Teaching

Where is the feminist Goddess?

Where is the feminist Goddess? Having been raised in a traditional Christian religion I have become increasing curious about how it can still be sustainable considering that Christianity and most other dominant religions have “little to no” recognition of the

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Posted in Answers, Feminism, hope, Politics, Questions, religion, Self-reflection, Spiritualism, Tolerance

Role Models and Super Heroes

Who is your role model? – And – What super hero do you identify with? These two questions have been asked of me in job interviews. My short answer is that I don’t have a role model and I do

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Posted in Answers, Friendship, Life, parenthood, Self-reflection, Spiritalism, Sports, Teaching

Unemployment and laughter

Unemployment and the benefits of laughter: There seems to be this malady that has plagued me over the past few (or is it many) years. It is called unemployment. Why does it seem to come knocking at my door more

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Posted in Answers, Behavior, hope, Humor, Self-reflection

Enlightenment or ignorance?

Sometimes as I read the postings of others on social media I often find that I question the reasons behind various political and social posts that distill complex issues into one trite tiny sentence that is void of compassion and

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Posted in Life, Politics, Prayer, Self-reflection, Spiritalism, Tolerance, Uncategorized