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Porch Storms and Birthday Calls: A Lenten Reflection on a Rich Life and a Real Father
“Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...
Apr 104 min read
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How Can We Wisely Build Strong Houses To Withstand...Whatever?
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." ...
Feb 114 min read
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Wisdom and Lessons From Bonhoeffer
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." Socrates...
Nov 25, 20246 min read
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Message from a Vet - Be a Hero: Stop the Fight and Start the Quest
There is what I would call the hero journey, the night sea journey, the hero quest, where the individual is going to bring forth in his...
Nov 11, 20248 min read
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What Is Theory of Mind? Why Should We And How Can We Develop It?
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk...
Oct 12, 20247 min read
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Quick Now: What Are Your Pillars For Living the Good Life?
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. Leo Tolstoy This past week I...
Aug 18, 20247 min read
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The Hero's Journey For Real, Take One
“Mythology is to relate found truth to the living of a life.” ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...
Mar 8, 20248 min read
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How Wise is Anne Lamott? What AI Thinks
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov, popular science...
Jan 23, 20248 min read
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Thank YOU! Bring on the Wisdom
"When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude." — G.K. Chesterton Some...
Nov 7, 20236 min read
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Why Did I Do That!? How To Switch That Question And WISE Up
"Know thyself” - well-known philosophical maxim originating in ancient Greece How can we be wiser? Particularly how can we be wiser with...
Aug 22, 20234 min read
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Want World Peace? A Better Relationship Harvest? Try More Farming
"It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn." B. C. Forbes, Scottish-American...
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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Learning To Quieten Down
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. Benjamin Franklin Family members strung out particularly around the West Coast,...
Sep 4, 20224 min read
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