Whose Rights Are These, Anyway?
One strong trait of Americans is the extent to which we value our rights, our liberties. But what happens when my rights conflict with yours?
One strong trait of Americans is the extent to which we value our rights, our liberties. But what happens when my rights conflict with yours?
When we give up one thing we can discover something much better. but do we dare to give up something we think is important?
Stigmas of every kind stand in the way of us loving people who desperately need to be loved and we desperately need to love them.
Disney/Pixar’s movie “Soul” raises the question of “What is my purpose in life?” We’ve asked that for centuries. The answer is simple.
Our actions during the pandemic betray what we claim as our national identity. We are not nice people.
All predictions were that we would be a great society by 2020. Those predictions were wrong. 2020 is already disappointing.
It’s my birthday, but how many of us will be here for the next one? We’re dying too quickly and that’s a problem!
The New Yorker scooped my planned topic so we got all depressed and went this direction instead.
Being creative and maintaining that creativity raises a lot of questions and doubts and the fear that we’re all going mad.
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Striving for perfection sounds like a good thing right up until the point it causes a heart attack, or ruins a relationship, or makes life suck. We need to let go of perfection everywhere we can.
We have fallen victim to the good guy/bad guy mythology of Nationalism and it is a large part of what fuels our intolerance and racism.
There has been a lot of incendiary talk about abortion this week but if we truly value life we have to realize it’s the planet we’re about to abort.
Have we reached a state of permanent dystopia and injustice or are there some things we’re missing? We look at the numbers across the board.
Creating our own identity is a challenge that tests our resolve and determination but we come out stronger in the end.
Creating our own identity is a challenge that tests our resolve and determination but we come out stronger in the end.
Time got the best of me this week and there simply wasn’t enough time to complete my thoughts on the topic I had chosen for this post. Fortunately, there are alternatives. From the beginning of time, humans have questioned why we are here, what is our purpose. Religions were created …
Love. Sometimes it comes in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
Before we blindly accept what we’re reading, perhaps we would do better to sit and discuss them a while.
Humanity is in danger of extinction for many different directions. How do we save humanity? By saving ourselves first. This isn’t at all selfish.