We could use a little bit of magic, not slight of hand or even the illusion of magic, but some real second-coming magic. We cannot keep raising our hopes and trying to see the bright side of things and interpret horrible situations as this too shall pass. We need someone, or a committee of someones,…
DetailsThere are many qualities and attributes that we are born with that are genetic, environmentally based or just part of our spirit. Then there are qualities that we have to earn and develop, wether through hard work, modeling someone else’s behavior or finding mentors and guides to assist in our development.Much of what we aspire…
DetailsAs we get older, we seemingly get more afraid and more singular. Our points of view get more narrow. We lose our ability to say YES and a knee-jerk NO becomes more of our “Go-To”. Many things can accelerate the process: financial hardship, an ill-timed health crisis, or cultural and global threats. There is an aggregated…
DetailsHeartbreak. Heartache. Heart sick. I can’t believe I haven’t had another heart attack. I don’t know what’s keeping my heart pumping. I don’t know why my blood pressure and my resting heart rate are so low and normal. It doesn’t make sense. I can’t tell what is real or imagined. I’m walking through life as if…
DetailsShould I stay or should I go…That is the question. This begs for a Shaesperean couplet.Should I invest or go to cash?Should I speak up or shut up?Should I have children or not?Should I commit to someone or is it better to be alone…Never has there been more uncertainty and certainty aberrant behavior than nowNever…
Details“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.” Janis Joplin America…
DetailsLife’s not fair, that’s for certain. Otherwise, intoxicated people would drive over serial killers and pedophiles rather than young children and pregnant women.Nothing is fair, except evolution- People’s personal evolution.Evolution is fair. We all have something that is particular to us, that we need to work out while we are here. Whether it’s God-given or environmentally…
DetailsWe are all controlling, it’s just a matter of degrees and dosage. Maybe a better way to look at it is- we are all attempting to get control in a world that is out of control. Somehow, we forget that we are spinning through space at 1700km/hr. You would think we would be a species determined by…
Details“A long December and there’s reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last.” – COUNTING CROWS We don’t know but we can always HOPE- seemingly there are more Covid breakouts now than ever. We certainly have a viral connection. It’s not like the sixties where we were connected through a similar…
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