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If you suffer from Anxiety or Depression, I recommend that you do NOT read this piece. It is easy to look away from the debris we leave in our wake. But if we are ever to change our trajectory, we…

If you suffer from a…

If you suffer from anxiety or depression, I recommend that you do NOT read this piece. It is easy to look away from the debris we leave in our wake. But if we are ever to change our trajectory, we must first be willing to stare at the wreckage. This is a reflection on who we are and what we have become. I’m no different than you. We all pollute. We all can stop, or at the very least, make a difference. Environmental Degradation & Waste We drive everywhere spewing particulate matter from fossil fuel exhaust, killing anything with the misfortune of being in our way. Opera…

My inbox is usually a battlefield of “Give me Money” requests. It’s a constant stream of urgent pleas, most of which I skim and delete. But a few weeks ago, after donating to the NB SPCA to supp…

My inbox is usually …

My inbox is usually a battlefield of “Give me money” requests. It’s a constant stream of urgent pleas, most of which I skim and delete. But a few weeks ago, after donating to the NB SPCA to support their Spay and Neuter campaign, something happened that completely changed how I look at charitable giving. As an advocate for the work of the NB SPCA and local animal rescues—having personally taken in numerous cats and dogs—I immediately donated when the request landed. The standard note of gratitude ensued: Thank you for your donation. Please share this post. I shared it. Th…

The Mindset of Longevity Healthy fit begins with a mindset—setting the intention. It challenges your vision of getting older. What does your vision of old look like? Does it look like the example…

The Mindset of Longe…

The Mindset of Longevity Healthy fit begins with a mindset—setting the intention. It challenges your vision of getting older. What does your vision of old look like? Does it look like the examples you see around you? In your Family? In your society? What are your thoughts on Nursing homes? How independent do you plan on being at 75? 85? Or beyond? Your Theory of Everything—the unique perspective you hold about how the world works—is the primary engine that will either motivate or sabotage your long-term Health. Consider this: Your theory on growing older has never been tested. I…

I operate as a singular emergence, a witness to my own unfolding. My thoughts arrive from a pre-articulate “Wellspring.” My writing serves as the conduit, capturing the flow before I have even def…

I operate as a singu…

I operate as a singular emergence, a witness to my own unfolding. My thoughts arrive from a pre-articulate “Wellspring.” My writing serves as the conduit, capturing the flow before I have even defined it. This is the nature of flow: writing is my point of power, allowing me to bypass the mundane and linear to chronicle concepts as they manifest. This has become an integral aspect of my personal Theory of Everything. A robust Theory of Everything (TOE) must include everything, or it simply isn’t comprehensive. Yet, there is a divergence here: something can be comprehensive and rem…

Most of us move through our days operating under an inherited script: that life is a linear progression. We treat our years as a long, arduous bridge we must walk across, carrying the baggage of our p…

Most of us move thro…

Most of us move through our days operating under an inherited script: that life is a linear progression. We treat our years as a long, arduous bridge we must walk across, carrying the baggage of our past, all to reach a “payoff” on a horizon that never seems to get any closer. We treat the present as a waiting room—a place to be endured while we “do the work” to become someone better. But if you pay attention to the texture of your own life, you might notice that this framework is precisely what creates the friction you feel. When you view your existence as a destination, you crea…

The primary purpose of this discourse is to introduce my audience to compelling evidence that our lifestyles—from our deepest ideologies and fashion choices to our very palates — have been conditi…

The primary purpose …

The primary purpose of this discourse is to introduce my audience to compelling evidence that our lifestyles—from our deepest ideologies and fashion choices to our very palates — have been conditioned. It’s happened to such a degree, and at such an early age, that they have become synonymous with our identity. We are, to a significant extent, the products of our environment. By examining the origins of our preferences, we can begin to peel back the layers of our personal “Theory of Everything” (TOE)—the unique, internalized set of rules, taboos, and parameters through which we i…

I’m still not feeling like myself since our badass boy, Skipper, died in November. They certainly are our fur-children, no doubt. He wasn’t quite 6 when he died, and I’ll miss him forever. We…

I’m still not feel…

I’m still not feeling like myself since our badass boy, Skipper, died in November. They certainly are our fur-children, no doubt. He wasn’t quite 6 when he died, and I’ll miss him forever. We have another dog, Benjamin B., the best boy ever, and I think he felt the loss too. Even though he and Skipper weren’t always the best of buddies, I think he sensed that death had come calling and that his mom and dad were sad. We did choose to get a new puppy in December because I was too sad and needed a reason to smile, and baby Sophie did help a lot! A few weeks after Skipper moved o…

I’ve always been fascinated by Truth. Not “truth” with a lowercase t—the subjective, shifting narratives we cling to—but Universal Truth. The stand-alone concept that fuels arguments, divide…

I’ve always been f…

I’ve always been fascinated by Truth. Not “truth” with a lowercase t—the subjective, shifting narratives we cling to—but Universal Truth. The stand-alone concept that fuels arguments, divides neighborhoods, and ignites wars. If writing is a vessel for discovery, what is it if it isn’t truthful? That question led me to my own “Theory of Everything.” I decided to strip away the assumptions and observe this five-letter word from every angle. This is the heart of Contemplative Writing: Enter the Sacred Space: Leave the inner critic in the waiting room. Remove Taboos: I…

A Note to the Reader: If you find the following content provocative, consider this: it was designed to activate our epigenetic conditioning, yours and mine—to expose it—for your consideration. If …

A Note to the Reader…

A Note to the Reader: If you find the following content provocative, consider this: it was designed to activate our epigenetic conditioning, yours and mine—to expose it—for your consideration. If your immediate response is a flare-up of defensive tribalism or a sudden urge to protect the Sacred, I invite you to stop, if just for a moment. Observe the librarian in your own mind rushing to lock the doors. This is not just a post; it is a mirror. Consider the source of your outrage—is it yours, or is it the echo of a pastor you never met, speaking through your DNA? The shadow is …

Nobody is going to provide a definitive answer to the “Big Questions” of life. Anyone who tells you that “all you have to do is believe this, or stand here, or say this… or bow three times …

Nobody is going to p…

Nobody is going to provide a definitive answer to the “Big Questions” of life. Anyone who tells you that “all you have to do is believe this, or stand here, or say this… or bow three times into the sun…” is full of crap, IMHO. This is not unfortunate or dismal; it is simply the way it is. It is also my opinion that, with a few very rare exceptions, no person alive (or dead) knows exactly what was going to happen to them before they died. For those anomalies who may have known, I don’t think they cared to know exactly what was going to transpire. Why? Because they trusted…

You know, when I first realized that Christians lied, I was deeply upset. I had been fiercely fed the Catholic way of seeing and thinking from before I was born, by being born into the Legacy of Catho…

You know, when I fir…

You know, when I first realized that Christians lied, I was deeply upset. I had been fiercely fed the Catholic way of seeing and thinking from before I was born, by being born into the legacy of Catholicism. As a teenager, I focused my opposition on one parent—she was the vigorous enforcer of “the faith” in our household. Within this framework, the religious folks I knew extolled their version, delivered in their “house” of worship, and put on a friendly face while secretly believing that theirs was “the one true religion.” I remember a very influential person in my life being…