As I write, I observe firsthand the complications behind the expression of what I perceive to be my thoughts. Perhaps no idea has ever been fully communicated. Language doesn’t allow it. Word meanings leave gaps that make me dissatisfied. Sometimes, no amount of manipulation, change, addition, omission, or rephrasing can make the words signify what [...]
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What a day! The best of days! A far better day than yesterday and tomorrow. A truly great day. Trash day! Designate the trash, and take it to the curb. The trash is here. The trash is there. It’s gone for the time being. It’s back again. It’s moldering in the garage. It’s baking at [...]
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Although no one can define happiness, most of us recognize it when we see it in others or feel it in ourselves. Normally, no single thing renders happiness, but I have identified six components that contribute to it. I do not mean to imply that if you attain these things, you will be happy necessarily. [...]
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When I was young, my heroes were professional athletes. As a small boy I had a poster of John David Crow in my room, and later, Mickey Mantle and John Havlicek successively became role models for me. I still have heroes, but athletes no longer count among them. My real paragons are the great thinkers [...]
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Nothing in life is more important than hope. Without it, we amount to little, even if we possess all the riches the earth can provide. With it, we thrive under the burden of the gravest hardships. Hope is woven into the fabric of family, friendship, home, and profession. When present, it liberates our minds, inspires [...]
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Learning from past experiences Our human existence is like a road down which we travel together toward some unknown destination. The route is fairly straight and easy enough to follow, but every so often a side road leads off to the left or the right, winding through the trees and beaconing to us to go [...]
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It could happen in a sports bar or in the comfort of someone’s home. You hook up with a group of friends to watch a big game on a large-screen television, and just as the spectacle begins, everyone speculates on the outcome. One person proclaims that team A will win, and the others are sure [...]
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