It’s amusing to sit in the aisle seat on a commercial flight. The passengers walking toward the rear of the plane look so serious, scanning for a pote...

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“Romantics” get a bad generalization rap. Usually the extra adjective “hopeless” gets attached to them—as in, hopeless to avoid colliding with pain, d...

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We needed a few more back-to-school items today, so I paid a visit to an upscale shopping mall not far from home. As fate would have it, this is “tax ...

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As I’ve noted here, so many of the books I’ve felt drawn toward across the past couple of years have centered around the concept of increasing self-aw...

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No offense, but if you smoke, drink beer or guzzle soda, you are exponentially more likely to litter. How have I proven this bold hypothesis?  ...

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“I am envious because I want to be as beautiful as you are,” writes Krishnamurti in the classic work, Think on These Things. “I want to have the fine ...

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This is one of those blog posts that was not supposed to take place, because my brain and body are so tired I have nothing interesting to say. H...

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For whatever reasons, I tend to be among the last to jump on the bandwagon for something—whether it is a popular technology fad, the latest fashion, t...

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