Category Archives: Life lessons
#1 Fashion (Things I have noted about Spain)
The night before my flight to Spain I invited my friend Mekkena over to help me pack. Needless to say, I fall short in the area of most domestic tasks. Sure, I can do them and some things have actually … Continue reading
The Practice of Love
To love anything is a risk. It is a risk because to love requires not only emotional sentiment to be contrived in us, but it takes conscious decision to be vulnerable and take action for the well-being of the other. … Continue reading
More than a Science Lesson: Galileo Galilei
The life of Galileo Galilei is one of the most beautiful and tragic examples of a man caught between two worlds. His life has become an anecdote for the person who finds themselves wrestling with questions about reality, truth, and the … Continue reading
Thoughts on Family
I never really started to appreciate the idea of having blood family until I lost my aunt Rita to cancer back in January 1999. When you’re little, you know little else but the innate security that comes from having people … Continue reading
The Lifeboat Theory
Don Miller; who happens to be one of my favorite authors, writes in his book “Searching For God Knows What” about a social theory called the Lifeboat Theory. I am not sure if he came up with it himself, but his … Continue reading
A Polite Exchange
I find it funny that the people who hang out at coffee shops regularly and drag their laptops, purses, iPhones, rolling backpacks, and printers with them have this peculiar sense of whom to trust when they must go up for … Continue reading
A Lesson in Opression.
I’d have to say that the worst injustices are abuses. The definition of abuse in the dictionary has a couple of meanings. It can be to misuse or improperly handle, to force sexual activity upon, physical abuse, or to assail … Continue reading