Are You Morally Opposed to Violence?
“Some men are morally opposed to violence. They are protected by men who are not.” -Nick Lavery This quote came
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Touching Another’s Soul
A long time ago a friend of mine told me that psychologists are just overpaid bartenders who don’t serve you
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What is Heaven?
As I write this, not that long ago a close friend of mine passed away. As part of everything that
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Master Your Control
Long time readers know that while I’m not much on structured religion, I am big on spirituality, and as such
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Perform Acts of Random Kindness
I always thought the phrase was “random acts of kindness,” but then I saw the movie, “Evan Almighty” and somehow
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Planting the Seed
As so often happens, something came up in one of my social feeds that gave me pause to think. It
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The Warrior Scholar
I always thought it was ironic that people assume soldiers and police officers are somehow ignorant or less educated than
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More Than One Person
It’s been said that no one is just one thing. Even Hitler liked dogs. It may seem a simple thought,
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Be Curious, Not Judgmental
Way back in the latter half of 2001, I had someone ask me this: “If you got on a plane
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The One Chewing Gum and Smiling
A few years back, almost 30 now I guess, I was a firearms instructor and was at the range with
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Celebrate Arrogance but Stay Humble
There was a time in my life, quite a number of years ago, when I was still aspiring to be
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Paralleling The Edge
Past experience has shown that all of us have times in our life where we feel like we’re “close to
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This Interesting Dream
I have always loved dreaming. No, not daydreaming, although I’ve done my fair share of that (and then some); I’ve
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Limiting vs. Empowering Yourself
A very wise man once said, although I argued with him about it for quite some time, “Everything is a
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Semicolons and Life
I recently read an article about the new tattoo rage: a semi-colon. People are apparently getting them tattood anywhere and
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Becoming Elderly
Something a lot of my friends have heard me repeatedly say is, “We don’t stop playing because we get old;
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Red Pill vs. Blue Pill Choices
Full disclosure: When this image popped up in my social media feed, I was only four months away from being
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Ancient Voices & Advice Expanded On
Awhile back I received an email, forwarded from a friend that apparently originated with John Farnam. I’d like to thank
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Life’s Path is Full of Surprises
In 1964, in the western hills of Maryland, a boy was born into a relatively poor family and was immediately
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