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Lateral or Forwards – Never Static or Backwards.
Gotta move. It’s unconscionable for me to stay where I am. Yeah, I mean, I get it — I’m comfortable here, I’m stable here, I have routine here. This is not to say I’m unhappy…but it has become too...
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The Way of the Superior Man: Driving Satisfaction
You are least unhappy when you are relieved of the need to get anything at all from appearance. Just driving in your car, wanting nothing, watching the trees go by, can be an epiphany of perfection....
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The Cow in the Parking Lot: Creating Meaning
On the surface, the search for a meaningful life might sound exemplary, but the problem arises when we insist that it be the meaning we choose. The human brain is a successful meaning machine. We...
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The Cow in the Parking Lot: Gratitude/Cheer
Constantly note anything that is pleasing. Tiny things, little things. You were cold, so you put on your coat, and now you feel warm. Throughout the day, you feel a multitude of moments of fleeting...
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Rapt: Love & Happiness
When Emerson wrote, “Make yourself necessary to someone,” he anticipated modern research that strongly correlates altruism with well-being. It’s virtually impossible to be happy without good...
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Grateful Sunday #88: Rapt & the Very Apparent
Data gathered by the Pew Research Center suggest that, in their own self-interest and for the common good, the eighteen- to twenty-five-year-olds who comprise the so-called Generation Next may need to...
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A Ruff Revelation
I know I’ve previously written about the woman in my office who was consistently a drag to work with. I think I’ve also written that she since left the firm, of her own volition. To her credit, her...
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3 Years
I’m so glad I quit. To be without articulate (see: verbose) reflection is atypical for me, but all I really have to say today, three years on, is that quitting drinking was the single best decision I...
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One cannot exist without the other. It is the way of the Tao — change is forever & constant. Maybe someday I’ll have everything I ever wanted. I kind of hope not, though. Or at least, I hope I...
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Why I Have No Money: An Introspective
I wish I could say because I donate it all to charity. No, I have no money because that which doesn’t go to the Bare Necessities of Living most often finds its way to activities or materials that allow...
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