What do you do when you are angry with yourself? What do you do when you are angry with a family member? A close friend? When I was younger, I used to take any anger I felt on myself. If I did something that I was not proud of, or worse yet actually ashamed of, […]
On my way to school a very old lady waves me over So I asked if she was ok. I couldn’t understand because it looked like she had had a stroke. But I tried for 10 mins. Then a man passed me. I asked him could he help. Totally walked past me. Then a young […]
The whole point of PAX Nation is to try to form a collective of like thinkers. Right now nobody seems very inclined to join in so I went to twitter and did a search for the thoughts and ideas of other bloggers with similar aims. These are some other members of that growing blogging collective known as […]
When I was younger, I used to go on a lot of wilderness trips, often involving white water canoeing and rafting. The rafting portion of the trips was usually involving a professional rafting company, which meant that there would be people along who were not part of the group I was in. On one of these trips, […]
I generally don’t judge people. In my mind everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions, and I will respect their beliefs and opinions as long as they equally respect mine. I have no problem even discussing our differences, as long as we both are willing to hear the other side, and at least […]
Today was a nice, warmish day, birds singing and the freshness of spring in the air, so I went for a walk. Photography is one of my passions, so I always make sure I take my camera with me on such excursions. As a result, my eyes wander around me a bit, looking for things that might […]
Existence is governed by laws. There is no denying this. Even the most minute particles have to obey the restriction that determine their reality. This does not mean that there are not exceptions, or possibly aberrations from the governing laws, but without some level of constancy existence would be complete chaos. This fundamental fact exists is all facets of existence, including […]
We live in a world that has become defined by US and THEM. This concept has become ingrained in the very fabric of our societies. We have all been taught to focus on what makes us different, instead of what can bring us together. It is so much in human action these days that we do it […]
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