When I was a child everything seemed so wondrously new and waiting to be discovered. Even if had already been discovered by someone else, what mattered was that I hadn’t yet experienced it. As the years passed and I delighted in each discovery, I knew one day the well would begin to lower each time I partook of it. The new and novel would still come but it would require much more effort and patience.…
There’s been a spate of recent prominent figures who have been recorded during an unguarded moment uttering something one would ever say in polite company. It’s almost always racist. When the storm over the recording gets to a level where it becomes uncomfortable for the recorded subject, a public statement will be released. It’s always a variation of the following as paraphrased: “I wasn’t raised that way. I didn’t grow up that way. I’m not…
I loved stories whether they be fiction or nonfiction especially when it relates to people and their personal development and growth. It’s a given that the most exciting stories chronicle the most extremes moments of life: births, deaths and experiences outside daily norms. The most satisfying stories for me always end with the protagonist(s) resolving whatever main issued they encountered and learning something about themselves that never occurred to them prior to the initiating event.…
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.†– Frank Herbert, Dune. It’s not original to start a post with a quote…
In economics everything is boiled down to a commodity. When there’s great demand and/or limited supply, prices go up. When there’s little demand and/or a glut prices go down. There’s one “commodity” where the supply and demand is less flexible – time. We all have exactly what we have and nothing will buy us individually more time. This is my roundabout way of explaining why I haven’t had the opportunity to write for this website…