It’s the first Thursday of the month, otherwise known as Care and Share day, for me. I manage the Food Bank here in the Emerald City. I didn’t really aspire to that position or have it on my todo list for retirement but life has a way of recruiting us to the work that needs […]
“Rust Never Sleeps” was a tour with Neil Young and Crazy Horse in 1978, the live recording in June 1979, around the time I left home and began making my own way in the Great Wide World. Back then as a teenager, “better to burnout than to fade away,” appealed to me for some reason.
The term confirmation bias was first used in the 1960’s by psychologist Peter Wason. He learned the majority of people tend to seek out confirming evidence alone when drawing conclusions. People are only willing to accept new information when it confirms what they already believe. Rejecting any evidence that invalidates their beliefs. It is a
Let me state first off that I am not affiliated with any political party, I am a registered independent. When I was growing up my father was a conservative Republican, he even voted for Richard Nixon. My mother was a blue collar Democrat, thinking Jimmy Carter was going to save the country. So I was
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A few days ago while reflecting and meditating, something I have a little more time for, now that I have quit chasing the great American dream, out of the void came the adjective; “Dog-Eat-Dog”. The concept stayed, floating on the periphery of my thoughts for a couple of days, until finally I had to take
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I first came across the term “Petty Tyrant” in a Carlos Castenada book. When I was in High School, in the mid 70’s, my little sister had a summer job cleaning dormitories at Knox College and brought home a boxed set of the first four volumes of “The Teachings of Don Juan”, that someone had
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For quite awhile, I have been pondering and meditating on abortion. Since it has been in the news flow lately, as the political left and right struggle with each other and their belief systems regarding the right and wrong of it, I thought it the perfect time to write a post. Any time we give
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The basic requirements for life are clean air, water and food. Almost all disease; wee beasties from viruses to cancer have a difficult time in an alkaline environment. We are energetic, electrical beings and energy moves and thrives in an alkaline environment. In a high acid environment, energy is impeded, we become sluggish and slow;
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Have you ever considered the identities you have created for yourself? ‘The Good Son’, ‘The Doting Father’, ‘The Loving Mother’, ‘The Supporting Wife’, ‘The Rescuing Hero’ or the ‘Stupid Clown’. You get the idea, there are hundreds of these mythic, archetypal thought forms, (masks) out there. Which ones are imprisoning you? How many different manifestations
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False Dichotomy – The suggestion that two things are mutually exclusive, “you are either with us or against us” suggests that there are only two types of people: those who think and act identically and those who are enemies. After the mass shooting events last weekend in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, I started
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Humans love to build fences and walls. We make everything “Us vs. Them”; Religion, Gender, Nationality, Politics, Race, Age, even Sports Teams. It must be part of our early training, our indoctrination, a toxic belief that takes up residence and never leaves. It is understandable I suppose, as evolution has historically occurred in small groups,
An article for the local newspaper. Once a person has met their biological needs and they feel safe and secure, their next most important requirement is a feeling of community and belonging. Community is a vital component in the quality of life equation. We need to support our local economy if we want to maintain
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To grow and evolve you need to push the edge of the envelope, stretch your limits and challenge your personal belief system. As you evolve, stretch, and grow, it creates stress. Be patient and attentive. Determine the best spot to apply pressure, which relieves the stress. Often the action that is required is letting go,