I have been doing alot of soul searching and recovery work over the past few month. One of my beloved kitties, Petey, died recently which left me completely racked with guilt and grief. To survive I needed to stop, relax, and assess my direction and feelings. That really helped and I have managed to...
On Goodness and Why it Matters
Goodness is not only the point of life and humanity, it’s also its necessary force and power. Every religion and culture stresses this point; it’s the core of all human understanding and religion. Those who talk of free will are also right; we all have it and need it. But what we don’t need is...
On Me, You and Everybody
I’m happy to be able to say that, as an adult, I have developed the qualities, values and ethics that I always admired when I was younger, and I work hard to sustain and improve upon them. I’ve probably always had them, but like most people didn’t always act upon them. That’s a part...
One Tin Soldier Update
Growing up in the wholesome, yet free wheeling 1970s, I was able to enjoy many things that would seem unheard of, to those who grew up in the increasingly conservative, and extremist 1980s and 1990s. One of these things was great hippie songs and movies, like The Legend of Billy Jack and the song...
Good Advice
Love is not about tears. Pain is about tears. How to deal with life? Live, learn, love, laugh, last. Be true to your love, to love. It is, at the end of the day, our most precious possession, our most valuable skill, gift, and ability. Don’t marry someone you wouldn’t have children with. True...
The Point of Life
Times are tough, for many, and it can seem sometimes, that life is pointless, and meaningless. It is just too much bad, and crazy. A sure sign of our troubled times, and that we are a species who are floundering. We are still hopeful, but sometimes at a loss for meaning. I was thinking...