Your Mind's Greatest Tool
Oct 19, 2021
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If you were thrust onto a deserted desert isle with nothing but your physical self, how could you expect to survive against the instincts, strength, and weapons of the island's predators? Indeed, what can each of us rely on for our survival? We are at once both the weakest of animals and the most...
It’s All in Your Mind
Oct 12, 2021
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Failure and success are self-filling in every way you can imagine. Because, it is through imagining that we fail or we succeed.
Mindset is the result of many external factors. Our family, mentors, friends, environment, experiences, and education all combine creating a set of core beliefs....
Keeping a Stiff Upper Lip
Oct 05, 2021
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We all know what this blog's title means from its contextual use in film and television. When we are in an untenable situation, our fear might cause a quivering upper lip. Keeping calm in the face of adversity is being stoic.
One of my favorite quotes is from Hal Elrod, and it goes...
You cannot Pivot on Pain
Sep 29, 2021
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I was reminded last week of this saying from my high school salad days. I had sustained a pivot injury to my right knee tearing my Meniscus cartilage. Pivoting in basketball, spinning with one foot planted, is vital when trying to deke (fake an opponent out of position). When you have a bad...
When the Lion lies down with the Lamb
Sep 22, 2021
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There are so many questions that I have. It seems the more I learn, the more questions present themselves. For example, we are all striving for some sort of heaven, some sort of redemption, some sort of meaning in this world. It seems that the more we search, the more elusive it becomes.
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Who are you? I really wanna know!
Sep 14, 2021
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Is there redemption in Rock and Roll? Ever since the first parents of the post-World War II age questioned the depth and relevance of their children’s music, the generational gap between the new boss and the old boss has been one of semantics.
There is a certain timelessness in...
Is there Peace without Happiness
Sep 13, 2021
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The Buddha taught that even happiness is dukkha - an ancient Pali word meaning “suffering” or “unsatisfactoriness.” This is one of the infinite numbers of pairings represented with the yin and yang symbol; happiness, by its existence, brings an equal amount of...
The Greatest Thing in the World
Sep 02, 2021
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I have a soft spot in my heart for flea markets, thrift shops, and junkyards. I see them as opportunities to connect with the past. Sometimes it's my past, and sometimes it's someone else's past. Sometimes I find a real deal. Sometimes I find something that resonates again and again.
A...
The Seven Social Sins
Aug 24, 2021
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I've been trying to make sense of world events over the last ten days. I don't want to attempt to make sense of anything for anyone in particular in this shorter than a typical essay. Still, one phrase kept coming to mind in light of current events, and that is; Politics without Principle. I'm...
The Human Theory of Relativity
Aug 17, 2021
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What was Einstein trying to figure out? The great mystery he was trying to understand was gravity. Honestly, we still don’t understand precisely how gravity works. Science being what it is, we have plenty of evidence of the existence of gravity. What Einstein did was try to look at gravity...
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