Category: Reflections

  • Love and Pain

    How is it possible to be in this much pain? How can my chest feel so tight, and my soul feel so empty, like a bombed-out city? How can I love so much, and why does it have to hurt? I found someone so fucking incredible in so many ways, it seems impossible. She’s beautiful…

  • Knowing is Half the Battle

    Anyone who’s watched G.I. Joe back in the 1980’s and 1990’s has heard the phrase, “knowing is half the battle,” when being taught valuable life lessons. The point was that you cannot solve an issue if you do not know one exists. This is true in every aspect of our lives. Still, knowing a problem…

  • Generation Gaps

    There is definitely a massive difference between generations and priorities.  The older generations were loyal to the companies that provided their family with enough money to put a roof over their heads and food on their table.  The older generation was loyal to a fault.  They put forth a ton of work, and employers took…

  • When It Isn’t Progress

    Being progressive doesn’t mean someone wants progress.  It should, but it doesn’t.  There are different definitions of progressive.  If we are moving from one stage to the next, you can call it a progression or progressive task, but that isn’t always good.  We’ll ignore the political definition of progressive which means to reform society using…

  • Deal With It

    This is not a political conversation, but let me setup a scenario to illustrate my point.  Like Trump or hate him, everyone has their opinion.  We should all be able to respectfully give our opinions and respect the opinions of others.  We all know this is not the case when we can hide behind a…

  • Our Freedoms and Morality?

    Some people wonder why there is such a fight over the 2nd Amendment.  They throw morality into the picture, but it is a morality of their beliefs.  “Don’t you want to protect our children from mass shootings?” or “Don’t you want to protect your family from home invaders?”  Those are two different angles on the…

  • People Are Insane

    The second definition of insanity is “extreme foolishness or irrationality.”  I could ask, “What the fuck is wrong with people?” but that is a never-ending answer.  There is so much shit that happens today that it blows the mind.  Honestly, that much shit has happened since forever, but we didn’t have social media to blow…

  • Who the Hell Cares?

    Apparently, we have solved all of the worlds problems already.  All of the world’s hungry have been fed, cancer has been cured, climate change has been adverted, and everyone has jobs.  At least, I am assuming that because the Press Secretary for the White House might have made a pie, and it is somehow big…

  • We Are Lost

    I have never seen the human species so lost.  It is one thing to evolve, to shed hatred and racism as part of us growing as an evolved species.  It is quite another to see hatred in people that does not exist or to push hatred towards others.  Bad shit has happened since the beginning…

  • New Meanings?

    I haven’t watched SNL in over a decade.  I love to laugh, but that show hasn’t made me laugh in a very long time.  A friend showed me a skit the other day.  It was very funny, but for a odd reason.  It brought up multiple conversations about this topic.  Back when we were kids,…