Tag: philosophy
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The forever home
Write about your dream home. My wife and I actually discussed this regularly as we are nearing the end of our time here in California. Time for chasing different dreams and having new adventures, but I guess that is a different writing prompt. Our criteria is simple: enough land between our neighbors and us to…
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Yalom as a child
As I was sharing the existentialism article the other day a strange thought occured to me to write a comic of Yalom as a child in some sort of existential crisis. As I still do not possess much in the way of drawing skills I went to my old pal AI to see if I could…
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I Was Hacked – I Made A New Blog
I was hacked and made a new blog. This one has can’t go on, unfortunately. http://www.scarlettsrealitytunnel.wordpress.com Follow me there, if you … I Was Hacked – I Made A New Blog Help spread the word folks…
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Existentialism
This article is one of the best explanations I have seen for Irvin Yalom’s existentialist theory. Really it was too good to not share. For those unfamiliar with existentialism a general definition I give to my patients is that creeping malaise present in not just society but all humans. For a brief and wonderfully understandable,…
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#61 advise for those who would become old
When an old man I become With a beard long and white Will I see the broken dreams of my youth At my feet sad and flat Like the toys I never played with Or will I see about me the love and joy That I have brought to others And they have brought back…
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#60 advice to the young
Youth is for dreaming Building castles and slaying dragons Living experience from which wisdom grows
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Please make it stop….
Do you need a break? From what? From modern life and the never ending cycle of clickbait offered up as news. from the derision and the hate stoked by fears of inadequacy celebrated as leadership From the ridiculousness which has become the political landscape of a nation still yet to live up to its own…
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Why we may not be able to win
I like to follow the advice of Socrates when it comes to politics and religion and not talk about them. Unless I am in a religious or political setting it really makes no sense to engage in the discussion because nowadays they are more likely to devolve into a screaming name calling tantrum than anything…