Archive For The “The Mind Game” Category
In recent years, sociologists and psychologists have conducted research on sisu, attempting to quantify it and identify its effects, beneficial and harmful, in both individuals and populations.
Aging is not a disease, it is a necessary path. That’s what they tell you. Seems unnecessarily rocky at times.
Promised Throwback Thursday, and I shall remember whenever the stars align. Don’t always feel fully compositional. Here’s something from October 2015. The young redhead was still a member of The Deep State. Drug Court Administrator. Geez, what was I thinking? My wife asked for a favor. My wife asked for a…
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. – Nelson Mandela Imagine you only believe what you already think you know. WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT. Imagine you only hear from others what you have…
I’ve always said that I will never let an old person into my body. That is, I don’t believe in ‘thinking’ old. Don’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. – Wayne Dyer Imagine you are a little boy trapped in an old man’s body. Aged lady across…
“Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.” —W.J. Cameron A dozen years ago, for the ThanksGiving holiday, my wife and I drove to Osprey, a monied suburb south of Sarasota, to share an important holiday dinner with my mother. I was raised to believe this is how good people celebrate. Mom lived in a…
If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. – Malcolm X World always seemedupside down.Somethingbeen bothering himsince the fifth grade. The banker was a thief, the minister was a liar, the butcher didn’t like stray dogs. Town cop…
The hope of the world lies in the rehabilitation of the living human being, not just the body but also the soul. – Vaclav Havel Old age is terminal, but it can take its own sweet time. Nothing about this is easy. Comes a time you might ask yourself, am I injured or am I…
Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there’s little fun to be had in explanations; they’re antithetical to the poetry of fear. ― Stephen King Nighttime can be a fright time. Let me tell you a true story. Happened just a few days ago. Make of it what you will. It’s late at night. I’m alone. I’m…
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. – Rabindranath Tagore When it was his time, whenever it was God decided, the old man just wanted his ashes to decorate a warm blue sea. Where a fish might drink him and a bird might take…