Category: Musings
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Fear Porn
Reading Time: 5 minutesLet me say this up front. None of us get out of here alive. Truly understanding this helps, a lot, to learn not to react to the fear porn that is coming at us non-stop. You might be wondering what in the world I’m talking about. Fear porn is media content (mainstream… Read more
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Guilty. By Innuendo. On Facebook.
Reading Time: 5 minutesI stumbled on a Facebook post a few days ago that stated that a man I know had allegedly embezzled $100,000 from a business he managed. This is a small town and the comments on the post were mostly ugly, having jumped to the conclusion that he was, in fact, guilty, and… Read more
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Suddenly, It’s the Holidays!
Reading Time: 5 minutesI blinked. Suddenly, we’re less than a month from the END of 2024. We’ve passed Thanksgiving and are speeding toward Christmas. And then, just a few days later, it’ll be the year 2025. 2025! It sounds like a pop song from my high school years that asked whether man will still be… Read more
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The Jetsons Still Make Me Smile
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s Thanksgiving Week…probably my favorite holiday of the whole year. Gratitude and a thankful attitude make life rich. And not just one day, or one week, a year. That’s why I try to have an attitude of gratitude every day of my life. My Thanksgiving post last year was titled Simply Thankful.… Read more
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Become Your Own Problem
Reading Time: 5 minutesBefore I leave the subject of the book 20,000 Days and Counting, there’s one more point that hit me square between the eyes. The author, Robert D Smith, contends, in Chapter 10, that a simple change in perspective about problems in your life works magic. Smith tells the story in this… Read more
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The Cough That Won’t End
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt finally got me. I haven’t been sick for almost 4 years. Last year, returning from the Panama Canal cruise, I sneezed and coughed for a few days, but it never took hold. But I’ve been hacking for almost 2 weeks now and I can’t seem to make any progress on… Read more
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Eat Dessert First
Reading Time: 5 minutesLast week I wrote about a book called 20,000 and Counting that affected me profoundly and gave me a good kick in the pants. Since writing the post, I read the book twice more. I want the concepts he talked about in it to become as natural to me as breathing. I’ve… Read more
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Life is Good
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe just finished another major election cycle. Part of the country is jubilant, part is grieving, and some small part are probably oblivious. If you’re jubilant, be kind. Remember how you felt 4 years ago, and check where you are now. Most of your worst fears didn’t materialize. If you’re grieving,… Read more
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A Kick in the Pants
Reading Time: 4 minutesEvery once in a while, I feel myself slipping oh, so gently, into a minor funk. It usually happens when I sit around more than I should doing Quadrant 4 activities on the Covey 7 Habits Time Management Matrix. Quadrant 4 activities, for those of you who don’t know, are those that… Read more
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Keeping the Greatest Country on Earth
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s true. In spite of all its current problems, the United States of America is still the greatest country on earth. There is a myriad of reasons why I say this, none of which I’m going to explain in this post. If you don’t believe it, you might ask a few of… Read more