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Whoa, Trigger!!
From Volume 17, Issue 8: Trigger events are situations that evoke intense emotional responses, often leading to impulsive or less-than-productive behaviors.
The Art of Happiness: Engaging Enthusiastically, Enjoying Passively, and Accepting
From Volume 17, Issue 7: My readers have often been exposed to my philosophy concerning the difference between satisfaction (a metric usually involved in comparing my situation with others) and happiness (a choice).
A Breath of Fresh AIR
From Volume 17, Issue 6: I’ve heard the phrase “being the adult in the room” to describe someone who exhibits leadership, responsibility, and emotional maturity in a situation.
The Thin Line Between Humor and Hate
From Volume 17, Issue 5: Archie Bunker was, for some of us, hysterically funny even though he was a bigot. Similarly, Blazing Saddles ripped through sacred social territory paying absolutely no attention to the rules of society of the day, still leaving us in stitches.
I’ve been reading about three sources of humor:
The significance of insignificance
From Volume 16, Issue 1: “We are completely insignificant in the universe—except to each other, now.” (Borrowed from a movie and revised slightly by me.)
We may look at the smallest creatures—insects, perhaps—as insignificant. I can either assertively or accidentally step on one, thus disrupting a genetic chain. He or she will have no prodigy, and I did that!
When the student is ready….
From Volume 16, Issue 1: It is said that when the student is ready the teacher will appear…..sometimes that seems a little more idealistic than reality!