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Is Belief in Karma a Religion?
Nearly every day of my life I hear someone say, “Karma’s a bitch,” or, “Watch what you do; you don’t…
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Recognizing Faith Without Argument
Yesterday evening, in a local cigar shop, there was a conversation held about belief in God. I use the capital…
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Always and Never
“Only a Sith deals in such absolutes.” Obi-Wan Kenobi. I couldn’t help myself. I had to open with that. The…
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Spend Your Energy Wisely
There are many different kinds of energy, and that’s not even getting into the existential discussion about Einstein’s theory and…
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Are Ghosts Real?
This is always a good conversation starter: Do you believe in ghosts? The answers vary from, “Nope. They don’t exist,”…
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Live A Better Life
Almost daily you can hear someone complain about their life, their day, some part of their job or something else.…
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Signs You’re Living Your Purpose
Someone once said that there are two truly important days in our life: the day we are born and the…
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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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Measuring the Value of the Human Soul
Every now and then I get involved in some interesting discussions with friends at the local cigar bar. Last evening…
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Don’t Tame Your Inner Monster: Harness It!
Have you ever had a thought and then wondered why it was so dark? Have you ever looked in the…
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The Blessing of Convoluted Circumstance
Every now and then we get reminded of just how good the people in our world can be. And “our…
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Making and Breaking Habits
According to brainpickings.org, it takes 21 days, at a minimum, to build a new habit. That’s 21 days of repeating…
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Good and Bad Expiration Dates
This morning I saw a quote that said, “Even bad days have an expiration date of 24 hours.” The editor…
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Miles Instead of Years
Some years back when I was responsible for fleet maintenance for my police agency, we kept track of the service…
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Solve Problems Like You’re Dancing In The Rain
My family once owned a dog that we named ThunderStorm and just called Storm. He was a chocolate Labrador from…
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Six Characteristics of the Mentally Strong
Have you ever noticed that some of your friends or family never seem quite as stressed or lacking in control…
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The 12 Best Life Hacks
In today’s computer age, days where you can’t look around without seeing someone on their “smart” phone, and times of…
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What Qualifies Me?
So, I received a private message on Facebook from a gentleman asking, “What qualifies you to give advice on life…
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2018 New Year Resolutions
Near the end of every calendar year… or in the first few days of a new year… huge numbers of…
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