Like a psychology teacher, she gives public talks on treating sorrow. Every conflict is a growth moment if we allow it; every enemy is an ally in disguise. Her implication is that life is a war, a struggle, and that is a good thing because it is through conflict resolution that we grow spiritually. This […]
Why are those with an acute inability to articulate themselves and feel compassion for others the ones who most want to relate something of themselves to us? As with most riddles, the question contains the answer. I used to watch The Ricki Lake Show. Remember Ricki Lake? Watching that ghastly, vapid talk show was among […]
In April, 2017, National Geographic magazine ran a cover story titled, How Humans Are Shaping Our Own Evolution. It focuses on how technology is currently being used, and projected to be used in the near future, to speed up and design our evolution. The eventual forevermore union of biology and technology is what’s called the […]
Free market capitalism gives us the freedom to acquire greater wealth. The Stock Market goes up-up-up, falters, and then goes up again, so that the next drop is from a new plateau. In this way, even with minor drops and faltering, the market is ever on the rise. Every once in a great while, however, […]
Considering how much of our average day is spent imagining, creating, daydreaming, night dreaming, trapped in fake arguments with real people in our heads, it’s clear that we are a swirling mass of the real and the unreal. Some triggers to the unreal are real and tangible. They are physical stimulants—like coffee. But some are […]
Gracie is a small black cat with expressive green eyes. She’s the thinking cat’s cat. She has two huge adopted brothers and because of her size, has always been treated like the alpha panther by humans who want the bigger boys to know not to get too rough with her. When Gracie is hungry she […]