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The Periphery of Madness
—Sometimes I feelthat lifeis a processof waking upof realizingthat the coincidences of fatearen’t merely happenstancethat one moment rolls into the nextthat you and Iwere always meant to meetat...
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This Life Suck? Don’t Take Chances With the Next
Reincarnations Control, Inc.Don’t wait for life to give you what you “deserve.” Life stinks, and it always has and it always will. Unless you take control. Unless you are willing to invest a little...
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Repetition
My mother taught me this trick if yourepeat something over and over again itloses its meaning for example homeworkhomework homework homework homeworkhomework homework homework homework seenothing our...
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Are We Making History? Or Simply Being Swallowed up by It?
—You think you control your car when you drive?? Wrong. I was in a car in Egypt years ago when the steering wheel literally separated from the front wheel axle, sending us crashing at 60 mph into the...
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Character Counts
Thomas Hardy once said, “Character is fate.” Truer words have never been spoken. Joe Gibbs won 3 Super Bowl Championships, as Head Coach, and won 3 NASCAR Championships, as Team Owner. In an interview,...
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Are You Going Through Life as a P*ss-ant Trying not to be Trampled, or as a...
— There is a new scientific theory claiming our thoughts create our reality. This has certainly been my experience. The self-beliefs I threw out into the Universe come back like a boomerang. Scientists...
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Destiny, Fate, Divine Plan or Crapshoot?
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, both destiny and fate mean “a predetermined state or end.” Fate implies an inevitable and usually adverse outcome; destiny implies something foreordained...
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Hey, You Can’t Argue With Fate
— I am a rational, reasonable adult, far from perfect, but mature, and free from the most major defects, for the most part. Sure, there is a very rational fear of spiders, but that is just self...
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What Do We Really Know Anyway?
This week I came across two seemingly opposite, but related quotes. The first came from a fellow writer and blogger who was describing her self-publishing process. She was discussing what she knew when...
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Weather Lessons
When I was forty years old, we moved to the Seattle area from DC for a new job. A few of my friends, one of them a meteorologist, said, “You know it’s really very grey and rainy most of the time. You...
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If a Higher Power is in Charge, Why is There Evil in the World?
— I did not go easily down the path of accepting that a Higher Power was in charge. I had too many doubts. For example, If this is the case, then why is there so much evil in the world? Does this...
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Halloween, Elections and Specters Past and Present
Halloween and Elections are almost a perfect couple. Traditions distorted and twisted turned into shells of the original. Long ago Halloween was a very solemn pagan occasion steeped in mystical...
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Life Doesn’t Actually Hand You Lemons
There is a mistake that I’ve made a lot of different times in my life, one that leads from the thought “just one more.” Thankfully, nowadays the only consequence of this is that after whatever episode...
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I Am Sure, I Want To Marry Her
You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate and what’s written in the stars. — Anais Nin I found love when I was least expecting it. Read Part 1 HERE. In...
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Under the Gun
I’m not usually so literal, but the idiom “Under the Gun” calls forth a story from my personal arsenal. This event was over 30 years ago, but I think about it. I mean, I’m a writer. It’s packed with...
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The One Compatibility Required for a Relationship to Work
There are endless lists of all the ways that you need to match with a potential partner. Everything from where you want to live, what kind of puppy to own together, how often you want sex, how you...
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Tadhana vs. Kapalaran: Do You Believe In Destiny or Fate?
We all know someone who believes in soulmates, another who thinks that everything is written in the stars, and yet another who believes that you make your own luck. But which category do you fall into?...
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The Illusion of Control
Standing under a blossoming peach tree, Master Shifu cannot fathom how Po, an untrained panda, is supposed to defeat the great enemy fast approaching the Jade Palace. “My old friend,” his mentor...
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Love and Luck and Joe and Vivian
If it hadn’t been for a huge, industrial-strength bolt of luck in the middle of Manhattan in 1943, I wouldn’t be writing these words today. I wouldn’t exist, you see, because the luck had to do with my...
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Fear, Fate, and Dreams: 5 Ways to Take Control of Your Life
— What is Life? Is it tangible you can predict or plan? Is it meant to be mundane or filled with adventures and risk? What experiences make for a better life? Perhaps there’s a balance to be struck...
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