Take my current circumstances for example. Up until a few days ago, people loved me; today I feel that I’m their target. Up until a few days ago, I felt I was so-so, not bad -- an okay Writer. Today I feel like I’m a fraud, a failure. ... I was feeling rotten therefore I saw things muddled through my already muddled lenses. I was a stinking dead fish.
I know that some of you reading this article today are feeling beat, depressed, disillusioned about things like your children’s prom as early as next month, perhaps; their upcoming class trips, graduations, and moving plans — that are yet to happen in the summer months. Now that we’re committed to living in the present, shouldn’t we be letting go of worrying over things that have yet to come to pass? Let’s not rush things. Instead, I ask that you put your hands together for the young ones, like yours in your homes, who are braving it now, here in Japan. Right now these young kids are living through those same milestone events that are yet to come in your area.
"To be happy is to find strength in forgiveness, hope in battles, security in the stage of fear, love in discord. "You will find that to be happy is not to have a perfect life. "Never give up on happiness, for life is an incredible show.” -- (Pope Francisco). Homily / Sermon.
I read that a couple of summers ago ten smart kids -- kids with great grade point averages and high SAT scores -- who had been accepted to Harvard…
Options, Choices, Decisions and Trials? They are everyday essentials. How are you managing? The decision to become a vampire, or not, has to be one of the most epistemic situations to find yourself in. For starters, you know very little about your possible future as a vampire. Running parallel to that, you are limited when you face a possible future as a vampire. If you want to make the decision by thinking about what your lived-experience would be like if you decided to undergo the experience, then my friend — you have a problem…