Monthly Archives: June 2020
Undoing Happiness
From dictionary.com: “righteous – characterized by uprightness or morality; morally right or justifiable; acting in an upright or moral way; virtuous.” To be critical of righteousness is to risk giving an impression of moral superiority when that quality in others … Continue reading
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Dicey Happiness
In this age of animosity, this era of exaggerated ego, these dark days of divisiveness, I have to add fuel and ask: Is poker more luck or more skill? There is some debate on this. Of course, the cards themselves … Continue reading
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What? That? Happiness
Flame.Fire.Magic. Reflection.Water.Purification. Substance.Earth.Burial. Feathers.Air.Lightness. BlueFlame.RedFlame. HotFire.ColdFire. BlackMagic.WhiteMagic. MirroredReflection.InnerReflection. ColdWater.StillWater. BodilyPurification.SpiritualPurification. ExanimateSubstance.ActiveSubstance. SustainableEarth.GenerativeEarth. MassBurial.PrematureBurial. FloatingFeathers.BrokenWings. WarpedAir.OminousAir. SeeingLightness.BeingLightness. Does it matter what I write? Or only that I write? The lines above have meaning, but who’s going to make the effort to … Continue reading
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The Other Side of Happiness
One side is afraid of losing control. Not necessarily afraid of the embodied threat, or the justice demanded. These things have always been and will always be. But today the understanding of goodness is more widespread and continues to grow, … Continue reading
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Happiness? No.
When you wake up over and over and over and over and over and over again and you’re still not awake, you stop trusting the solidity of reality. You crave light and you get up and go stand in the … Continue reading
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