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…
Category: Personal growth
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…
Rapture Disapointment?
If you were anywhere around social media this last week, you more than likely heard all the reports and rumors that the world was going to end around September 23rd or 24th, and the “rapture” was going to happen. The heavens would raise up and swallow all good believers. Meanwhile, the left behind were doomed…
Labels and Stereotypes BE GONE!
You have to be living under a rock in the ocean if you have no idea how divided the world has become, especially in the last week. Everyone takes a “side” in something. But many of these “sides” are nothing more than labels used to keep us from uniting with each other. I can’t speak…
Be The One To Be Different
Being the one is not a new concept. It’s been sung about and talked about in many places designed to encourage people. But, in our current society, it’s more important than ever to be strong enough to “be the one.” You can change the world, even if it’s in a small way. Be the first…
What’s the Deal With AI?
What’s the deal with AI? These days everything about AI is being pushed upon us. Social media wants us to use AI to answer our questions. Search engines want us to use AI to help us search. We are encouraged to use AI to change up our photos or even create pictures of things that…