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on Change
No matter who you are, you won’t enjoy this post. What is it about? It’s about a world changing for the worse, it’s about the abject failure of the US political system, and most important of all, it is about … Continue reading
a new lease
As promised, one of my personal favorite excerpts from Beltamar’s War follows this post. It’s from a section titled “Of Dragon, and Eternity”. Things are not as simple as they first seem. Although my writing doesn’t pay the bills, it … Continue reading
on Our Soul’s Counsel
How can you not hear your soul? Or, perhaps to you the question is “How can you hear your soul?” In a way I don’t have an answer to either question, yet in another way, I have answers to both. … Continue reading
on Life
No job is worth a life, yet in the USA more and more jobs demand precisely that. Indeed, to me it seems likely many countries that have embraced capitalism as the basis of their social system make similar demands of … Continue reading
on Doing Well
There is so much happiness to be found through the presence of our children. I’m a fortunate man to have been been blessed with four such sources of wonder. Blessed… Blessed is such a difficult concept to comprehend. If we … Continue reading
on Tricks, with Time
The most fundamental reward of love given, is how often love is returned. I wonder why it takes us so long to learn lessons like this? Such are the lessons of life, simple lessons some seem destined never to learn … Continue reading
on Intuition
We spend years learning to suppress our instincts, then more years teaching our children to suppress theirs. Why do we do things we regret? Many scientists say we have “intuitions” all the time, however since they are usually wrong and … Continue reading
on Miracles
It strikes me that most women are fascinated by a baby’s feet. Women and men are different. Me? I’m fascinated by a baby’s hands. They bring home how miraculous life is. Perfect little hands, with perfect little fingers, tendons, muscles, … Continue reading
on Nature’s Lessons
It has always fascinated me how nurturing little girls are. Playing at being mothers is a skill nobody teaches them, they simply have it. Then they lose that skill about age ten or eleven, or shortly before puberty, and take … Continue reading
on Ill-Will
I recently learnt someone I truly despised had died. Many thoughts ran through my mind at this news, not least of which was how we should bear the deceased no ill-will. Ill-will… Hatred is an emotion that grasps us in … Continue reading
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on Matters
Everything I write, is written because it matters. This is true for my books, poems, blog posts, texts, tweets, beliefs, and emails. It all matters to me, the question is what matters to you? Do truth, integrity, compassion, understanding, and … Continue reading
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on Abuse
Love is a powerful thing. Indeed, it is powerful enough to overcome abuse. I struggle with that. I don’t understand how anyone can love someone who deliberately injures them, either emotionally or physically. For me this is one of those … Continue reading
on Busy
We live in a busy world full of things we simply must do. But must we? I smile as I write that. Things are not people, they are just things and things don’t care whether they get done or not. … Continue reading
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on Tough Love
I recently posted this thought on Twitter. I wonder why we encourage our children to toughness, not tenderness? In loving relationships between adults practicing “tough love” will quickly end such relationships. With that thought in mind I’m tempted to ask … Continue reading
on Trust
I believe that when we look for signs we find them. If we’re taught to look for evil, we will find traces of it everywhere. If we’re taught to look for beauty, then that is what we’ll find. Are there … Continue reading