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What’s Your Trigger Say About Your Beliefs?
While driving home today I noticed two different people. A jogger waiting at the stoplight, ponytail swinging, matching shoes and outfit, then further along the way was a teen in dropped khaki pants,...
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Misfires and Misinterpretations
Listening is not the same as understanding. I might say “The sun is an enormous gaseous flaming ball, burning through the centuries.” If your vocabulary is different than mine, your brain will...
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The Promise of a Great Nation
You would think that if you had a visit from the one and only true god, the one who created the heavens and the earth, and he gave you instructions to build a kingdom, you would think it would be the...
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Ugly Zones
Roscoe Considers Recording a Podcast (Photo credit: zoomar) We all have one, that one room in the house that’s not finished. Or the drawer that always sticks or falls out of its carriage. We cringe...
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Check the Label
When I was a kid you could buy discounted canned goods in a little store nearby. They were damaged. Some were labeled and some were written on with a Sharpie, and some you had no idea what was in...
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Your Dad Said
GiRl (Photo credit: raffacama) My family is traditional Midwest/southern patriarchal. They believe women grow up and walk down the aisle to marriage. If you couldn’t find a suitable marriage partner,...
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It Doesn’t Feel Right
Truth… (Photo credit: -Reji) Some people make decisions only after thinking on them a while. I’ve spent most of my life basing my decisions on how things “felt.” Sometimes I wonder how right my...
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I Can’t Change Your Mind
Don’t pretend your argument is perfect. You show me your perfect solution and we’ll show you our pet unicorn. Think Like a Freak I listen to a lot of podcasts and debates and sometimes I tire of the...
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What’s the Rules?
Pool Rules (Photo credit: Joe Shlabotnik) A baby is born into a family and immediately there are expectations. There are rules imposed upon him. Only he has no idea. If he’s born in the United States,...
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I Rant Sometimes
I hate being negative. I hate being judgmental and I hate being on a rant, BUT, I’m going to rant anyway. You are free to skip over this one. No hard feelings. Or join me if you’d like. I’m tired of...
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Is It Too Late to Play?
I just finished listening to a podcast with the guest speaker, Adele Diamond. She’s a neuroscientist and has studied child development and talked about a subject I struggle with, The Science of...
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My Attitude? I Blame Westerns
I watch the AMC show, Hell on Wheels and I often smile at the lengths the character Cullen Bohannon goes to hold to his morality. He will do whatever it takes to get the job done, whether it’s legal or...
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The Rhythm of Life
In yoga, movements are measured by breath. Breathe in as you raise your arms, breathe out as you fold forward. Yoga is not about bending your body into a pretzel so you can impress someone. Yoga is...
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Pebbles in My Shoe
Some people seem like pebbles in my shoe. I’m walking along and all is fine. Dang it all, but there is something in my shoe. I pull off the shoe and brush out the offending pebble. With the shoe back...
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Expectations vs Reality
There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said...
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The Thing You Didn’t Say
I have a proneness towards being involved. I’ll just state that up front, so you’ll know exactly where I stand when you read the second paragraph. It comes from being raised in a small town, in a small...
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The Odd One
Luna Lovegood My favorite characters are usually the odd ones. Just a bit off beat. They’re likely not the girl to be invited to the party, but not because they’re hated, or ugly, more likely because...
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Don’t Be Foolish. Don’t Be Stupid (Satire)
It’s foolish to work hard at something and not get paid much. If you get paid squat, you know everyone else is looking down at you. They despise you and make fun of you. If you work hard at something,...
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A Book is a Book is a Book, Even if it’s an Audible
art by suzanne gibbs I find myself in this same position a lot. It’s the one I found myself in when I was in religion. I dislike it when people take words and interpretations so literal. I think they...
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Lost, Forgotten, Ignored? Does anyone care?
No one wants to feel like the lost toy. Forgotten. We hate to be misunderstood. It hurts. I called my doctor’s office this week. My neck was in a muscle spasm and my head was hurting. I’d actually left...
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