It’s fall. The days are shortening, the air is crispening, the colors are morphing, the leaves are falling. There is a palpable and present sense of transformation amongst us. Fall and its energy of change often inspires reflection. Many choose to pause and consider the patterns and habits of daily life and how they alignContinue reading “Big Reflections”
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We Don’t Choose Our Feelings
I loved Grandma. When I first learned she died, I paused for a moment to reflect on the situation. I thought about my dad and wondered how he was feeling, knowing he just lost his mother. I’ll admit though, I wasn’t particularly sad. She was 91. The last several years of her life had beenContinue reading “We Don’t Choose Our Feelings”
The Captain and The Coke
Recently, an odd and random memory came to me. Now, my memory of the past is, by and large, shit. It’s extremely spotty. Usually when I become aware of something from my distant past, I’m fascinated because it’s like I’m recovering something lost, something so ancient that it feels like it doesn’t actually belong toContinue reading “The Captain and The Coke”
The Mother of All Endurance
Merriam Webster defines endurance as “the ability to withstand hardship or adversity.” It’s a wonderfully nonspecific definition, implying there are endless forms of endurance. Inspired by my wife’s recent birthday, I’d like to speak of a remarkable form of endurance I regularly witness from her and other moms. Dare I say, I’m pretty fit, andContinue reading “The Mother of All Endurance”
Politics: I’m Confused
If forced to summarize my take on our current political climate, it’s the following two words: I’m confused. Now, while I walk around at a baseline level of confusion, sometimes forgetting to breathe in air, or blink, or deliver food to the correct bodily orifice for proper delivery of nutrition, I have never been moreContinue reading “Politics: I’m Confused”
Be F#%$ing Nicer
It is an act of niceness to censor the blog title, because I don’t want to offend any innocent cybercitizen pleasantly perusing the internet with such harsh language. Believe it or not, but in this very moment, I’m trying to be nicer. Fucking nicer. That’s a phrase I need to utter to myself daily: BeContinue reading “Be F#%$ing Nicer”
Eating a Humble Sandwich
People probably often wonder, How does Mr. Yolo69420.blog stay humble? Especially with all his blogging success, profound insight, and obvious interpersonal skills that make him the perennial center of attention in all situations-how does he do it? What can I say, I have a disposition towards humility. I try and understand that we all startContinue reading “Eating a Humble Sandwich”
The worst question ever asked
I remain haunted by a question. After years and years, it still occasionally bubbles up into the perimeters of my conscious mind and makes me shudder. For I still don’t have a good answer. There is no good or right answer. There is no winning. There is only losing. There are only wrong answers…. MyContinue reading “The worst question ever asked”
You Can Do Better
This is a post for myself more than a message to anyone else. Lately, I’ve been disappointed in my own self-discipline. The truth is, I have not been exercising my will-power as much as I should, and it has resulted in me wasting lots and lots of time. So here is a message to myself,Continue reading “You Can Do Better”
Idiotic Logic
I fear people will see me as an idiot. For what I do. For what I say. For what I write. For how I act. For what I create and contribute. But also, I am a harsh judge of others. I’d say I’m fair and objective, but maybe lacking some compassion. Honestly, I think manyContinue reading “Idiotic Logic”
Feeling like a loser
baby, so why don’t you kill me? Because I know karate, bitch! Neck chop! Anyways… Such is the cycle of life, you have your ups, you have your downs. And this is a truth felt on multiple levels: in your sense of worldly standing, your physical health and well-being, as well as your mental constitution.Continue reading “Feeling like a loser”
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