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Moderation

"Nobody does moderation well."--Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown) author of "Essentialism, the Disciplined Pursuit of Less" CHERRY PIE by Werner22brigitte at Pixabay When moderation doesn't work. Author, speaker Greg McKeown revealed during a Tim Ferriss Show that he gave up sugar for a year. It was reportedly easier than cutting back, a.k.a. moderation. The folks at Alcoholics Anonymous know moderation doesn't work. An alcoholic cannot 'pick up.' Not even once, or they're back to day one. A newcomer. AA has been around since 1935 and it has worked for a lot of people. 2. Moderation takes discipline. Seems crazy in a way, but sometimes it's...
Choices,Grateful,Happy,Joy,Life,Living

Possibility

I stand at the edge of possibility. It takes my breath away. Every single moment of every single day, we can choose to be the person we were meant to be. I think it's simple. Mostly, we have to get out of our own way. I'm reading The Art of Possibility for the third time. I am convinced that we must commit to being open to the universe, as the authors Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander state. We have to be prepared to receive; able to live in the present; willing to slide through our mistakes on our way to a...
Children,Choices,Grateful,Joy,Life,Love Yourself,Purpose,Wonder

Kindness

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Pexels.com[/caption] Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~  Plato    Kindness. What is it? Is it a thing? No. It's an attitude. Or an aptitude. Kindness is something we have or we don't. But if we don't have it naturally, it's hopefully something we can learn. It can be one of those things you learn at home. Your mom and dad might have been kind. Or not. We have some much baggage from our families, don't we? I know I do. We take the good things and mistrust them. We take the...
Choices,Death,Grateful,Happy,Life,Time

Enough

  [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1880"] Photo by Willian Was on Pexels.com[/caption] I Wish You Enough I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear. 
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
 I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting. I wish you enough pain so even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
 I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
 I wish you enough hellos to get you...
Choices,Lucky,Plans,Rant,Technology

ROBOTS and AI

ROBOTS & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [caption id="attachment_media-11" align="alignnone" width="1880"] Photo by Matan Segev on Pexels.com[/caption] Elon Musk thinks people everywhere should be frightened of AI. Bill Gates told Charlie Rose that AI was potentially more dangerous than a nuclear catastrophe. Even the recently deceased Stephen Hawking said, “I think the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” What do you think? Here's what I don't like. I don't like that the first few volleys of conversation in the chat room are AI. Maybe from a robot. I don't know! "How can I help you today?"...
Chances,Choices,Death,Fear,Learning

Add A Brick

I stood up in front of the small crowd of people last night. Naked. [caption id="attachment_media-14" align="alignleft" width="168"] Photo by Kaboompics .com on Pexels.com[/caption] Kidding. I might as well have been. Two other authors and I were reading from our work, and I was the least accomplished of the trio by far. So, I can choose to engage in self-flagellation . . . or I can view it as a brave opportunity to add a brick to the building I'm constructing. The building of me. Notice... the building at left has fire escapes! That's me, too. I'm a building with...
Authors and Writing,Chances,Choices,Learning

What Comes Next?

Note to reader: This is a story with no end . . . yet. You can finish this story however you would like. How does the sentence end? What will happen? Who comes in the room? Who leaves the room? Would you like this kind of chance? Can you relate? Enjoy! The principal of the school sat in her office pondering the student— a girl who had been referred to the office for yet another dress-code violation. It was Thursday morning. “What?” the girl said in a slouching stand, her hand on one hip as attitude permeated her skinny little...
Authors and Writing,Choices,Fear,Life

Give Your Self to the Wind

. . . AND RECEIVE THE GIFT OF LOVE How do you give your self (it's two words, on purpose) to the wind? Finish your stuff, I tell you. And be willing to be vulnerable! When you finish, though, you are very likely to fail. In fact, you can really suck! Your art, your book, your music, your crocheted or knitted piece, or even your book report for school, if you're still in school -- can really be awful. But, finishing it is important. We could fail. We can get an "F" or we can have no one buy our...
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