on February 27, 2023

True Joy and Happiness is Internal

One of the things you find with age, is that your dreams achieved don’t always satisfy you in the way that you imagined they would. In fact, a lot of people around me seem to be suffering from a mid-decade malaise whether they are in their 20s 30s 40s 50s.  It doesn’t seem to matter. Writers call this the midway slump. It simply happens in the middle—no matter what your circumstances. And in books the writer often realizes, it’s because a character is not yet deep enough or connected/in conflict enough with other characters and nothing is driving the external plot. But real life can’t be written away. It requires action. Ultimately, happiness, joy and contentment cannot be satisfied by…Read More

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on January 16, 2022

What Everyone Can Do To Promote Peacel

Transform fear and anger into positive action I don’t love talking about current events in general on my blog, but I know many of my readers look at the state of affairs around the globe and experience fear, frustration, rage, disgust, and even confusion as to why there are people in the world who have no intent, vision or goal other than to destroy. There is very little we can do for those who are far down the path to evil, but we do need to take care of our own emotions, and transform all that fear and anger into positive action. Use your personal form of “prayer” Few of us can help a person or country far away, but there…Read More

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