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Broken
Broken: reduced to fragments; fragmented; ruptured; torn; fractured; not functioning properly; out of working order. We as a nation are broken. Yet we remain tied, bound, gagged to a system that is safely entrenched in practice, ritual, convention. And I … Continue reading
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Promises
Regardless of who makes a decision, instinctively… When a decision is made and it works to my advantage, it is smart. When a decision is made and it works to my disadvantage, it is dumb. After instinct, decisions are according … Continue reading
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Shame on us
I am working this week to reconcile competence and improvement with understanding and equity. To be understanding is to be nice; as it should be. To be competent is to be truthful; construed by some as insensitive. The incompetent still … Continue reading
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Building Walls
To question in an effort to change for the better could be taken for what it is, (an effort to change for the better), which should lead to a back and forth discussion and listening for understanding. But instead, an … Continue reading
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Self-Righteous Pretense? Or Reasoned Action?
Human individuals fear insignificance. We work to counter or fill this emptiness with Self-Righteous Pretense or with Reasoned Action or with a mixture from somewhere along that spectrum. Hope: an unburst bubble. Active Hope: hope filled with reasoned action. Reasoned … Continue reading
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