Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Friday, August 18, 2023

my superpower reality check

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  A long time ago, when someone asked me what I would pick as a super power, I would always choose flying. Then, as I got older, it became a...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

Some thoughts about happiness or lack thereof

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I’m sitting here, looking up at the branches of this beautiful tree _ the leaves are rustling steadily in the summer breeze of this exceptio...
Friday, November 20, 2020

when your love language is expletives

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My first-born daughter's love language is physical affection. I wonder why life has given her a mother who doesn't like to be touche...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

recognizing the relativity of time & age

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Never before have I been reminded as often as I have in the past few weeks, that time is relative. It is a concept that isn't exact and...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

inner religious turmoil (but not really)

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I am sitting here ... it's Easter Sunday, the weather is unbelievably perfect, all my windows are open to let in a beautiful, warm cros...
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

is it wrong to combine smoke breaks with mediation?

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I live by a fairly busy street and have grown used to the noise of passing cars, so it is particularly strange when it suddenly becomes comp...
Friday, November 11, 2016

making sense of things (and not)

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I usually just write my own stuff (with a quote here and there), but this piece in New York Magazine really struck a chord with me and sinc...
Friday, November 04, 2016

on gratitude

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Every morning, I sit down to write a bullet list of things I am grateful for, a good practice I heard about on Tim Ferriss's podcast a ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

school dress codes: a form of slut-shaming?

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After reading this (and watching all the embedded videos) ... http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/23/1578415/-Damn-those-dress-codes-Youn...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

perspective ...

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I got a $138 ticket for rolling through a stop sign WHILE looking straight at the cops parked on the corner. Apparently, I was too "hi...