I’m not saying that we should blare everything we’re thinking every minute of the day. Nor am I saying we should ignore everyone else’s feelings and just barrel through life as if we were the sole being in the Universe. Like a Rhino who can’t see two feet in front of them and therefore creates…
It’s fair to say that most people do not enjoy the work they do. Most subsist or do whatever it takes to survive. It is a modern notion that the majority of people can have ‘fulfilling’ jobs. And luckily we live in a world where there is the possibility of making that happen. We can…
There are obstacles in life that can’t be changed. If you’re paraplegic, that’s and obstacle we haven’t figured out how to move yet. There are a lot of tools that you can use to help you do more things and be less restricted, but the fact is that you won’t be running marathons and no…
Everyone experiences this at some point, most often as a child. You are told about something and you imagine it in your head, then when it actually happens it looks completely different. Like the first trip to Disneyland or the first time you see the beach for example. This also happens to those who read…
Rarely do you hear someone say “I can’t” when they are talking about themselves. “I can’t” is a response phrase. When someone makes a suggestion, a common response is an immediate “I can’t”. Which I find interesting, because in about 88% of all cases it’s just not true. What the person really means is they…
It’s the truth that no matter where you are, well…there you are. You’re never lost because, as Captain Hammer would say “you home is where your heart is, so your real home’s in your chest.” However, there are many ways in which we can become confused and uncentered which leads us down paths we wouldn’t…
I have never quite understood the notion that this one life is all we get. It never felt right to me, because if that were true, all mistakes take on such crushingly huge proportions that we might never move. It means that childhood, especially if it is abusive, is just a waste of time that…
Fall is the gathering time. Gathering in of crops, gathering in of ideas, gathering all the lost bits and pieces that got strewn around during the play of Summer, gathering our wits to deal with everything that begins again in fall like school, work, projects, and plans. But fall is also the time of gathering…
People make structure out of chaos. That’s what our highly developed brains are supposed to do. It’s our one weapon for survival in this dangerous place we call home. We have no fur to keep us warm when temperatures drop, we are slow-moving, we have no defensive weapons, we basically have our brains, opposable thumbs,…
Every human being is a soul living an embodied life. I personally do not ascribe to the belief that we live this life in order to try to remember and return to our Spiritual state, constantly failing a little less each time until we reach perfection. To me this seems like a type of torture…