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Tag Archives: Questions
Dos Anniversary
My how quickly time passes when Donald Trump is President. I just received a notice from WordPress that I have been at this blogging thing for two years. I am not sure I have accomplished anything in those two years, … Continue reading
Posted in Discover, Life, Thoughts
Tagged anniversary, Answers, Blog, Blogging, Post, Questions, Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Hawking, Thank you, WordPress, Words
4 Comments
His motive is unclear
“He was just a guy. Something happened, he snapped or something, he was just a guy.” – Eric Paddock, brother of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock I am tired of waking-up in the morning and hearing about another massacre. For … Continue reading
Why are we here?
I read the obituaries everyday, something that I have done for the last 30 years. But a couple of years ago the way I read the obituaries changed. Rather then looking for names I know or recognize now I look at the … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts
Tagged Beer, Christians, Family, God, Henry David Thoreau, Living, Merlot, obituaries, Questions, sex, Why are we here
25 Comments
Am I special?
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Answers, Descartes, Dylan, Einstein, Henry David Thoreau, Kerouac, Living, Merlot, purpose, Questions
20 Comments
If you were King or Queen of the forest
“If I Were King Of The Forest not queen, not duke, not prince. My regal robes of the forest would be satin, not cotton, not chintz. I’d command each thing, be it fish or fowl, with a woof and a woof, and … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Answers, Change, change the world, dream, Future, Hope, musings, Questions, Wish, world
11 Comments
Facebook friends: Reconnecting with total strangers
This is a text conversation I had with my father the other day; Dad–“Your friend Bob Jacobs has cancer it doesn’t sound good” Me–“Sorry to hear that what kind” Dad–“I don’t know” Me–“Okay how did you find out” Dad–“Someone posted … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Longreads, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Answers, disconnect, Facebook, Friends, Future, Past, Questions, Social Media, technology
16 Comments
The balance of good vs. mosquitoes (evil)
We haven’t had much rain over the last three weeks so I have had to water my garden every other day or so. Last evening was one of those days. Armed with my watering wand and a can of Guinness stout I … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Answers, Balance, Evil, Good, Gun Violence, mosquitoes, Orlando, Questions, Why
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A Buddha’s truth part II: Right actions
The Noble Eight-fold Path 1. Right Understanding 2. Right Thought 3. Right Speech 4. Right Action 5. Right Livelihood 6. Right Effort 7. Right Mindfulness 8. Right Concentration The Buddha offered these eight steps or actions to end Dukkha (suffering). The … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Answers, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Journey, Noble Eight-fold Path, Path, Pema Chödrön, Questions, Right Actions, Thich Nhat Hanh
8 Comments
Living in Facebooks past
I am not on “The Facebook”. The reasons are pretty simple, I don’t want to know want a guy I went to high school with 40 years ago ate for dinner, or that the women who lives two streets behind … Continue reading