Some People You Know Are Insane

A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free.
- Nikos Kazantzakis, writer (1883-1957)
When I was a child there were sane people, of which I and everyone I was allowed to meet were a part, insane people who remained in institutions (insane asylums) so that they didn’t do [...]

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A Broken Heart Means A Better Person

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The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.
- Joanna Macy, writer and teacher [...]

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Microsoft, What Have You Done?

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“The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do [...]

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Mad Max Comes Closer To Reality

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“I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of [...]

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How Religious Moralists Are Destroying Us

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“The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice [...]

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Worry: A Form of Slow Suicide

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“It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control
over because there’s nothing [...]

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How To Permanently Warp A Child’s Mind

You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.
- John J. Plomp
Written as a joke, this statement tells much about the relationships of many parents and their young children.
All questions have answers. How a parent responds to a question to which he or she doesn’t have a ready answer [...]

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Shit Happens! Now What?

The only thing that will bring immediate effect is infinite patience.
- A Course in Miracles (Foundation for Inner Peace, http://acim.org )
Immediate effect? Yes. If you know that it will take time for something to work itself out, it relieves the stress of the moment.
If you know that something critical in your life might destroy your [...]

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Abe Lincoln and Ben Franklin Told It Straight

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Half the truth is often a great lie.
- Benjamin Franklin, statesman, author, and inventor [...]

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To Hell In A Handbasket

Life is largely a matter of expectation.
- Horace, Roman poet (65 BC – 8 BC)
What we believe about life is determined largely by our experience. What happened in the sphere of our lives in the past will, we believe, continue and possibly be increased in the future.
Whether what we experienced in the past represents in [...]

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