Little Fears, Big Fears, and Catastrophic Fears. Fear of big-toothed carnivorous predators, little sneaky poisonous creatures, and stupid people doing things that could get you and you loved ones killed are deeply engrained in the fiber of our being, perhaps even in our genetically determined behavior. Saber-toothed tigers are extinct and very few people these […]
Esoteric Entities
Some folks take things far more literally than I do. With me, many concepts are up for discussion. But discussion isn’t belief. And I do not care for argument. As I’ve mentioned before, in the last few days, speaking things into being starts the universe according to many religions. It is one of those things […]
Data, Reasoning, Decisions, and Daily Life
Life is strange. People are too. And my writing this month is too. Day Four of this masochistic month-long writing exercise that is: This A to Z (April 2023.)–Note: this main A to Z link is not a secure link. NOT https. Don’t ask me why. Ask the organizers. What I’m Doing This Month I […]
Check-ins, Constructs, and Chopra
I participate in a co-working group on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We meet at the top of every hour for no more than 15 minutes and then work on announced projects for 45 minutes. Check-ins promote accountability. It works. Accountability today, (writing 30 March 2023) for me, revolves around creating at least […]
Coming Back to Now
I didn’t even know I was gone and not in the present. Say what? From time to time I find myself at a place that feels normal and balanced and hints at the centered and successful person I could be… if I can just maintain the now I am in. Memory, Thought, and Age Perspective […]
Too Many Things to Think About
People who die so that their families will not suffer further financial burden due to their ill-health, are suicides of despair.