I am as miserable an old coot as the next miserable old coot, but I gotta wonder … does it really get anyone anywhere? We all try to manipulate our surroundings and to control the world wherein we live. But in all truth, is there any benefit? There are those of us, and I am […]
How do others perceive me? I would probably never go so far as to say “Tell me what you really think” due to the fear that they might actually do so. I certainly know how I want others to perceive me, and have a mental picture of myself which is almost certainly distorted by my
Do things really go wrong at the exact, most inconvenient time possible? It seems that way in my life, even though statistically, that seems improbable. Why just today, as I was getting ready to walk out the door, my son called and told me that his car stopped running. What are the odds? I was
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I recently happened upon a sonnet entitled “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus. About half way through, I realized that it was the same poem engraved on the plaque inside the Statue of Liberty. It is pasted below for your reading pleasure, along with my commentary Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering
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As I enter my sixth decade of life, I begin to wonder about my legacy. We probably all do a bit of this as we see our friends and classmates pass into the great beyond. Some even write their own obituary in hopes that they will be remembered in a positive light. Just today I
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Why do we spend so much time complaining about things that we cannot change? Worse yet, we complain about things that have already happened. We cannot change those either because they have already happened (duh!). I wanna speak to the manager of the complaint department, assuming I could actually identify the individual responsible for my
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I notice that as I get older, I get sadder. Not sure why this happened, but I am reasonably certain that it happens to everyone as they age. The reason is that sorrow and regret are the result of living your life. You can’t be sorrowful or regretful for something that never happened. Thinking back
Why is it that there is not a single person that can pay attention to anything for more than about 30 seconds. This is a topic that someone needs to do an in depth study on, but of course that is impossible, because we can’t find a person to pay attention to anything for more
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I’ve noticed recently that people in my sphere of relationship-ivity seem to be passing away at an alarming rate. I suppose it was inevitable that as I aged, the number of people that I know or have known would increase. There will be months with no activity and then poof, a posse of people will
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I have been noticing lately, that most people, self included, have a view of themselves that differs from reality. A realistic assessment is often met with denial or outright hostility. In the interest of improving our world, I must now expound upon this fundamental human foible. After all – “A man’s got to know his
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