mental-health
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Good, Wise Humor and Lowway Robbery
Back before humor was delivered with a switchblade, humor could entertain and educate concurrently with wisdom and a deep human compassion. After regaining some control of my emotions when I saw our current president set up a slush fund in… Continue reading
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Good and Titrating Shame for Oneself and a Nation
In making good decisions, an important indicator that the next move you are making is going to be harmful or at least bad for you and most likely others is the sense of shame. Shame, like anger is a short… Continue reading
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Good, leadership and the Chains of Retribution
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we would like to punish we would find in each life a sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all our hostility. Henry. Wadsworth Longfellow as quoted by Magaret Wheatley in… Continue reading
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Good and What We Want to be True
Truth is not what we want it to be, but rather what it is. In an esoteric discussion of black holes, David Kaiser a professor of physics and science at M.I.T. made an elegant summary of their discussion of science… Continue reading
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Good, and Deep Joy Beyond Grief’s Long Road; An American Easter Wish
It could be very easy to let Easter slide by this year without learning or feeling its meaning. In America we have a war, domestic terror for ourselves, our neighbors or both, rising prices, a crumbling democracy, and diminished international… Continue reading
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Good and America’s New Terrorists
This writer is not sure how one could describe the effects of quid pro quo death threats or threats to one’s family as anything other than terrifying. Perhaps it is because in the course of my career I lived with… Continue reading
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Good, Chaos and When Delusion Breaks Us Down
Vulnerability can be a wonderful thing until it isn’t. In order to enjoy life one must be vulnerable to the delicate inputs of joy’s networks because if you aren’t open to joy, eventually you become numb. The question is being… Continue reading
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Good, America, and the Playground Bully’s Fate
This writer has lost more than a few playground fights in his youth. I learned to give those sullen, foul mouthed, often lonely, bulked up bully boys a little space. As I matured I watched wondering what happened to them. … Continue reading
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Good and What Humor Can and Comedy Can’t
You could call what is going on in this country right now is a comedy of errors. You might laugh but it will only be an aerobic event, for in the end you will need to cry for there is… Continue reading
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Good and the “Near Life” Experience of a Nation
“Bitterness is the easiest way to leave this world having had only a near life experience“ Andrea Gibson from the poem Time Piece found in the book entitled: You Better Be Lightening Rage can become just another form of addiction. We are built… Continue reading
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