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Category Archives: Humanitarian Things
The Modern Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone was a monumental discovery. It allowed for the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and allowed modern researchers to understand things long thought lost to history. This opened a flow of information about an ancient civilization that would … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged communication, effective communication, language, Rosetta Stone, The Modern Rosetta Stone, understanding
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Two Perspectives
My blog posts are usually positive since I’m generally in a good mood when I write them. Occasionally, however, I go through a season in which I feel extremely negative, anxious, sad, or angry. When that happens, my perspective shifts … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things
Tagged negativity, optimism, perspectives, pessimism, positivity, Two Perspectives
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2020 Goals
Like many other people, I’ve been thinking lately about some things I’d like to accomplish next year. I don’t consider these New Year’s resolutions as I think that approach is problematic to say the least. Most of the things on … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged 2020, 2020 Goals, emotions, friends, goals, healing, Humanitarian Plan, New Year's resolutions, plans, unicycling, workout
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Charity and Business: A Recent Realization
For a few years now, I’ve been thinking that the next stage of my life will involve starting my own business and then putting my humanitarian plan into action. I’ve read several business books and done a good bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Self-Improvement
Tagged business, charity, Charity and Business: A Recent Realization, entrepreneurship, helping people, Humanitarian Plan, humanitarianism, serendipity
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A Meaningful Christmas
Christmas day is here once more and it seems that every year it takes me longer and longer to get into the Christmas spirit. Part of this has to do with the loss of some cherished traditions as I’ve grown … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Movies, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Meaningful Christmas, charity, Christmas, Christmas truce, goodwill, holidays, hostility, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, joy, kindness, love, meaning, peace, relaxation, rest, stress, The Muppet Christmas Carol
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Review of The Tipping Point
The Tipping Point is a phenomenal book written by Malcolm Gladwell. It is an extremely insightful and interesting exploration of how small things can make a huge difference in starting and shaping epidemics (Gladwell uses the term “epidemic” to refer … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks
Tagged change, communication, connectors, epidemics, ideas, Malcolm Gladwell, mavens, problems, Review of The Tipping Point, salesmen, solving problems, The Tipping Point, trends
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Separation and Oneness
Sometimes I get disheartened by the small acts of cruelty or indifference that I see on a regular basis. Whether it’s drivers cutting each other off or not letting each other merge, customers being rude to servers, people who consistently … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged consequences, cruelty, indifference, kindness, oneness, separateness, Separation and Oneness, suffering, understanding, unity
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Be Yourself
Sometimes I wish I could be more like my role models. It’s easy to look at them and think that I’d be better capable of handling one or more aspects of my life if I had their patience, mindset, speaking … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Watts, be yourself, Jim Henson, Mister Rogers, self-acceptance, self-love
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Be the Change
So many people say they want the world to be vastly better than it is yet hardly anyone is willing to make the changes necessary for that happen. When someone does recognize that massive changes are required to make the … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Star Thrower", action, Be the Change, change, solving problems
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Review of Man’s Search for Meaning
Man’s Search for Meaning is a difficult, useful book. Difficult in that it describes Viktor Frankl’s experiences in concentration camps during the Holocaust and useful because it also includes the lessons he learned from those experiences. I knew what it … Continue reading
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Tagged forgiveness, Friedrich Nietzsche, Holocaust, logotherapy, Mans Search for Meaning, meaning, Review of Mans Search for Meaning, suffering, Viktor Frankl
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