Category: Question Everything
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Confession of an Rehabilitated Charlatan
Why can’t humans just be honest? We lie to maintain our comfort zone. Humans want life to be stable. We hate change. Some of us deal with change better than others. Navigating change is a learned skill. Often people panic and lie to protect their status quo. We lie to be relevant. We want to…
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Unplug?
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? Unplug has two meanings for me. Unplug me from screens or unplug me from life. Unplug me from screens is a daily habit for me. I just hang up the virtual Do Not Disturb sign on my screen…
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Who are You?
We are considering getting our family DNA kits. Looking at our children and imagining where certain traits come from is captivating. Why is one sibling tall and the others short? Why are certain family members good at some things and struggle with others? Since we are a blended family, there is the question of genetics…
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What would a year without social media be like?
I am taking a full year off social media. I know sounds crazy, hear me out. I have seen many ads lately for that app that says, “I dare you to disappear for a year and work on you.” It is a habit tracker geared to making you focus on self-improvement. One of the things…
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Endings are Beginnings
We have reached the end of a story. It’s the end of one tale and the start of the next. It’s easy to be happy about beginnings. Endings can go either way. They can be happy or sad. It depends on your story. Your story has starts, stops and transitions. It will end for good…
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Because you Can
Humans are not always good at decision making. We often make decisions based on emotional response. We often decide to do things just because we can do it. We don’t consider that maybe we would be better off if we did not do it. Just because you can do a thing doesn’t mean you should.…
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Must Love Dogs
We talk a lot about humans and the importance of loving each other. Actually, We are all life loving humans, including animals. We love most if them from a distance, except for dogs and occasionally cats that I love in person. Humans are not required to love animals. In fact animals were created for man…
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Mr Murphy and I Agree
Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake Murphy’s law, which is said to state, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” It was his job to predict and correct the faults before they failed. He was offended that he became…
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Day 103
Being a human #103 Use the brain in your head. While society in the current state circles the drain, I am smart enough to make my own decisions. I can think for myself and not allow myself be tube fed what society wants me to think. I have a choice. I have options. All humans…
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Day 69
So many time I wander around in my fog filled mind. I’m irritated because there is so much stuff I want to do but can’t seem to find the time to get it done. Books to read and write, things to learn and adventures to take. Can someone please slow down the clock already? How…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 