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Sometimes I have to learn something many times from many different directions before I really get it. This is one of those cases. Further, sometimes just a little nudge or nod towards something can unleash a snowballing of understanding and growth. It is fascinating in hindsight to think of all the coiled-up potential just sitting […]

I have learned many times that the obstacle is the path. But recently I really learned it. I finally tackled something that was actually keeping me up in the middle of the night. Getting resolution on this issue was only the beginning of the powerful epiphany I had that day. I am convinced that in

I keep a list of topic ideas to write about. I write when the words need to come out of me, or, if my stash of writings is getting dangerously thin. I find myself in the later camp this afternoon. Topic 62 looks pretty appropriate for today seeing as Russia has just invaded the Ukraine:

Our strengths are our weaknesses. Did that give you a slight chill? Alas, don’t forget that this also means that our weaknesses are our strengths. Does that somehow comfort us? Do the two statements sum to something greater than zero, less than, or exactly?   I feel that we spend way too much mental and

Okay, I consciously gave this writing a provocative title. I am not saying that there are no nice people. And don’t get hung up on the gender specific noun guy. What I am really suggesting is that nice is an illusion, like everything else. Nice is a relationship or result or process; it is not

To actually find the moon we need to stop looking at the finger, we need to jump off into the dark. We need courage and we need to walk it, not someone else. We have to do it, it cannot be done for us, nor can we simply follow a how-to manual. We need to

Are there opposites or is it an illusion? Much like Einstein’s famous thought experiment about being in an accelerating elevator vs being at rest in a gravitational field. Maybe there is only one thing, one place, and it vibrates or momentarily quantum splits a roughly infinite number of times to appear as reality. Maybe it

How did you make it past the title? Was it curiosity? Are you a masochist? Do you have no self-esteem? Do you actually agree with the claim? Really?   The thesis here is simply a reworking of the idea of that which bothers us in others is really what bothers us about ourselves. Do you

There may be many apparent reasons to hurry. But there are many more powerful reasons to not hurry. And if you find yourself rushing through something or speeding to get somewhere in your car (like I can do all too easily), then you are the person this message is really intended for (mea culpa).  

This is Thanksgiving month. But, why wait a few weeks to celebrate? Everyday is Thanksgiving, or could be at least. I am feeling a little down today for some reason and I haven’t been sleeping well. I am sure those things are related. But I am determined to lift my spirits (and maybe sleep better