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Happiness. What to do.
What to do? What to do? What depends on who. Where and when, depending on who, fall within what somewhere between constraint and freedom. Once at what, why is extraneous regardless of who. When who is empowered and when who … Continue reading
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Happiness. My God.
Substantial? Or essential? One’s choice. To be substantial is to cause or create. To be essential is to first struggle mightily with uncertainty. This is my God. God requires uncertainty. God demands that we question Her existence. God asks that … Continue reading
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Indulging Happiness
This week I see Life as an effort to balance form, function, discipline, indulgence. Form: The manner or style of arranging and coordinating parts for a pleasing or effective result. Due or proper shape; orderly arrangement of parts. The structure, … Continue reading
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Happiness in Hindsight
For the first time in my life, I feel like I am stuck. In hindsight though, I have always been stuck. In hindsight previous decisions to become unstuck were in actuality merely a change of scenery and (according to the … Continue reading
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Happiness: Considerations
422 years after a scientist was burned at the stake for insisting that the sun did not revolve around us we still insist that the world does. And those of us who maintain that it does not, continue to be … Continue reading
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