How many of us are struggling to get through day-to-day finances these days? We budget to have just enough food on the table and gas in the car to get through each day. Yet, companies are rolling in profits and excessive spending. Greed is ruling our society. But what are we doing to fight it?…
Category: Personal growth
Celebrate Individuality
Society is killing individuality. In today’s world, it’s not OK to be different in any way. Everyone looks like a clone of each other. It’s unacceptable to believe anything different from what society deems “right.” Individuality in building design is long gone. Remember when we had ornate churches and government buildings? When people took pride…
The Struggles of Online Behavior
How do you come across on social media? The popularity of social media use is overwhelming, partly because one can react behind the anonymity of a screen and keyboard. But your online behavior can still affect you. My fight against scams takes me online a lot. I spend a good number of hours on Facebook,…
Peace, Silence and Tranquility
Peace and quiet? What even is that? Do any of us experience that in our lives anymore? We live in a hurry-up, fast-paced world where there’s no room for sitting, relaxing, and enjoying silence. Many people are afraid of silence. They don’t want to be alone with themselves or their thoughts. In the silence, you…
Pages Filled With Emotions
It’s 1985, and I’m in high school. Life is stressful. I spend a lot of my time alone. My home life is isolated. My school hours are spent studying. I keep to myself. I have my notebook and pencil as constant companions, and they are filled with pages of my thoughts and poems expressing my…
What Is The Value Of A Human Life?
Where has the value of a human life gone? Why do we as a society no longer feel the pain of a loss, no matter whose life has been extinguished? Why do some lives have more value than others? I’m not alone in asking these questions. Again this week I have heard of a local…
Is Arguing The New Pastime?
I hate arguing and arguments. As humans, we will never all agree on the same things, but these days it seems like we no longer allow others to feel differently. It doesn’t seem to matter what the topic is. In our current society, if we aren’t all the same, we are outcasts. What happened to…
This Year, 2025, Is Gone (Gratefully?)
Goodbye 2025! This year is another year gone by in the blink of an eye. Where did the time go? Is it just because we are getting older that time seems to fly past, or is it that time itself is speeding up? Usually, at this time of the year I review the year and…
Oh SNAP! Now What Do We Do?
If you are like me, you noticed the only thing making headlines this week is the fact that the federal government is not going to pay out for SNAP benefits. Every news station and “influencer” seem to make that the lead story every day. Then, if you follow any of it on social media, there…
By Glitch or By Switch?
I am probably going to step on a few toes with this post, or at the very least be labeled a conspiracy theorist. That’s OK with me if it makes people think. Was the recent outage from Amazon a glitch or a switch? And why did it affect so many? I’m not new to computers…