Life can only continue with the passage of time. And time, by its very definition, requires change. Therefore change is a fundamental part of life, and life can only progress if change exists. This is not an exercise is sophistry, but simple, observable fact. Why do so many fear change? Why do so many what things to stay […]
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. To me, one of the most irritating things one person can say to another is” That is the way it is. There is nothing we can do about it.” Yes, learning to accept […]
As the recent winter storm Nemo wandered through my region, burying some, doing a fair amount of damage, and pretty much leaving thousands powerless for days, I had a lot of time to think. We have this illusion in the world that somehow if we have more stuff; that if we are more advanced technologically and more “civilized” […]
Noble ideas are only as good as the people who uphold them. It is all well and good to write laws devoted to equality and fairness. It is beautiful to put into words lessons of morality and goodness. Documents that share such words are truly venerable, and should be respected. That said, they lose their […]
Is it any wonder that many are unable to accept differences in other cultures, when we cannot even manage to any level of equality within our own? Forgetting differences in appearance, or belief systems, or maybe based on location, humanity in general still has not even managed to accept the concept that male and female can exist on the […]
What is the purpose of Laws? Laws are designed to create order out of the chaos that is human culture. Without laws, there is often conflict. They are the baseline for individuals to know what is acceptable behavior as defined by those that govern them. That said, the spirit, as well as value of the […]
One of the difficulties of being an idealist is that life and ideal don’t always mix. The simple reality is that IDEAL often takes a lot of work. This may be part of the reason that much of the human world is not really the way idealists would have it. It also does not help […]
