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I was just looking at what is probably one of my favorite photos from recent years: it’s a picture taken…
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A great many people believe that motivation and discipline are the same things. In reality they are drastically different. Motivation…
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I have had several friends make fun of me for my outlook on sleeping. As much as I enjoy it…
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In today’s society we all-too-often here members of various generations criticizing each other. Baby Boomers will call Millennials “pansycakes” or…
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As I type this entry it’s “Black Friday” 2019. One of the best memes I’ve seen recently is the one…
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As I sit to type out this year’s Thanksgiving entry it occurs to me that I would never have considered…
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As with so many things I see each day, this was brought to my attention via a post on social…
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Somehow, somewhere along the way, we as a society seem to have come to the belief that every person perceives…
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I just recently saw a quote about nothing being in the middle of the road except for double yellow lines…
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Just last evening I was conversing with a friend of mine who commented on my (bad?) habit of posting photos…
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I know that we all have heard these three rules before, but it seems like every time they pop up…
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“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you…
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Hardly a day goes by that I don’t speak with someone who is trying to figure out how to make…
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Somewhere in my house (and I know exactly where) there are a series of notebooks full of my journal. Some…
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When I was in my teenage years, I remember my father, almost every night, sitting on his bed, just staring…
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In almost every culture, on every continent, in every language and throughout history you can find references to trilogies. I…
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The glory days of spring and summer have passed. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, the fires are…
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Every now and then I run across something in my social media feeds that make me stop and think… and…
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