My 2 cents
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The first book of Timothy, chapter 6, verse 10 states that the love of money is the root of all evil. Wise words. But I disagree. In part because I am an atheist, more so because there is something else that is at play before money enters the picture. Money itself is just a tool.…
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Life would be so much easier if it were not for people. They all try to conform to what is normal, but nobody knows what that is. I believe normal is this: people are strange. Many are often overly critical of others while giving themselves lots of leeway. Each one believes themselves to be the…
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Happiness is a state of mind, a prevailing feeling that all is well, and a foundation for mindfulness. Everybody I know wants to be happy. We are born with instinctive needs. The need for food, shelter, and companionship is innate because it is essential for the body’s survival. Our minds are something else altogether! Our…
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Tonight, my head is filled with images from my past. I see my young self, tanned so dark that other kids asked if I was Indian. I had thick, curly hair. I wore black-rimmed glasses with one arm taped on with masking tape. The tape was a light cream color. I used a marker and…
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What is truth? The dictionary, if you can believe it, defines truth as ‘the state of being the case’. Something is a fact when it represents reality. Then it becomes hazy, saying truth is also ‘sincerity in action, character or utterance’. Because our brain defines reality, it is not the same for everyone. It is also…
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We are surrounded by death. Anywhere life can be found death will eventually be. Death is not ugly, it is not evil and it does not actively look to take life. Death is just life ceasing. When someone dies, afterwards they are considered to be dead. It is not quite true. A person does not…
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Adam is in debt. Serious debt. Just like getting fat, debt silently accumulates and remains unnoticed until things don’t fit anymore. Because Adam financed his life for the longest time, this debt grew enormous. Adam did not purposely ignore it. He made the minimum payments on everything every month. He has a great credit score.…
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Sometimes I think the world is insane. Not the crazy loony bin variety that requires treatment and care, but something far worse. Let me try to explain. These are just my thoughts and feelings about things that are supposedly important but never change. Doing the same shit expecting different results is the definition of insanity.…
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Human beings have been fighting each other for so long we have very specific names for these events. Civil when the citizens of a country war among themselves. Regional when two or three neighboring countries war each other. World when groups of countries form alliances and these groups fight each other. We have been warring for so long…
Tales from my head 