life
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Stress is a strange thing. Something immediate like being attacked by a tiger does not cause stress, but triggers the fight or flight response. The stress comes later! As we go about our lives our resolve is stretched like a rubber band, further and further and the stress increases over time with every added challenge.…
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We are what we eat. Yeah. But we become what we think. Think well of yourself, count your blessings, do not compare yourself to others. Their opinions of you is none of your business, and we should cut others some slack. Life is tough and there is no manual, we learn by messing up and…
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Cody had enough. He pats his back pocket to make sure the note is still there, then slips the noose he made out of an extension cord over his head. He sighs loudly, pulls the noose tight and relaxes his knees, hanging with his feet still touching the garage floor. Soon he loses consciousness and…
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I went for a walk on the hottest day of the year, so far. 96 Fahrenheit, 36 Celsius. Hot no matter how you measure it. As my feet competed to be in front my mind wandered, and I found myself thinking about an upcoming trip to South Africa. We left there at the start of…
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Thoughts! Thoughts lead to feelings, and feelings lead to action. We are just bags of bones and blood, but have a brain that can that run amok and cause us harm. Limiting our thoughts is cheating. I always though it is best if a head can hold two ideas at once. Between right and wrong…
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Loss is the flip side of have. There cannot be loss without having something you value. Loss is a terrible thing, but also a wonderful thing. It is terrible because we lost something or someone we held dear, and wonderful because we had someone or something special for a while. We can loose people to…
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We are what we eat! There is more to that saying I think. We are what we consume. Food, thoughts and ideas, all these things makes us what we are and directly influences our thinking. Considering that thinking sets our behavior, and our behavior determines our world, we really need to consume carefully, and develop…
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Freedom is not free. This is often said by politicians to defend their shameful sacrifice of young lives in wars. Any politician that engages in war is a failed politician in my book! I see that statement differently. To be free is not the same thing as having freedom! The freedom offered in society does…
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I told someone earlier this week that once I was a crastinator, but have since become a pro. I have things to do, but I am also very fortunate to have time to waste. Of course wasting time is not good, but it is good when you can! Having downtime to kick back and relax,…
Tales from my head 