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Dark mood, dark days
The darkness within I hit the road at sunrise yesterday, but the sky was too overcast to see. By the time I made it to the fields to watch the fog lift, the day seemed even darker than before. Twenty...
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Thoughts for Tuesday – coming out of the funk
Restless sleep and mood swings are parts of PTSD. Contrary to what many believe, the key to recovery is not forgetting what you’ve been through. It happened, it’s a part of you. The key to survival...
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No Shades of Gray (in government)?
If Left just turns left And Right then turns farther right Who’s for the center?
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Reflections from a park bench
Politics is about power. Business is about profit. Science is about control. Religion is about security. Spirituality is personal religion with fewer labels. Sport is about pretending you have power,...
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Not every change is good
This world can be a beautiful place for us, But it doesn’t have to be. It is what it is. Our thoughts and our actions Make the difference. It is not enough to change perspective, It matters also what...
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False sympathy
Sympathy and empathy are not the same. Friends quite often share true sympathy. When one suffers, the other suffers too in a very real, heartfelt way. Often we hear sympathy thrown about in political,...
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Ten Steps to War
Here are a few lessons learned from geopolitical developments over the past fifty years, and my take on the pattern of conflict in which the US is currently stuck. Where we are and where we are going...
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Reflecting in the dark
A gentle rain falls outside as I listen to the drops crescendo and decrescendo with the wind. It’s a soothing sound reminiscent of the flow i imagine in a mother’s womb. Traffic whizzes by on the...
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Every single day
Every single day I am confronted with yet more evidence that any bit of faith I ever had in mankind or its institutions is wholly undeserved. Fortunately, every day I also encounter acts of genuine...
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“Be wrong…once”*
I was going to write more, but got distracted by Nature’s quiet resolve. I’m still sick of my own voice anyway. I’ve been right about too many things: – the re-emergence of a more dangerous terrorist...
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