Tag: truths

For many, the education system has long been seen as a necessary and vital institution, shaping the minds of future generations and helping them prepare for the world that lies ahead. However, there are those who argue that the system in its current form is far from perfect, and in some ways, may ev...

When you think about ADHD, what do you picture? Is it a fidgety child who can’t do well in school? Is it an angry person who doesn’t know how to control their emotions? Is it an endlessly unticked to-do list? I live with ADHD and, if I was the poster girl for it, this is how it would ...

Atearful goodbye. The tears of a clown. Breaking down in tears. The drops of liquid that fall from our eyes are ripe for metaphor, evoking emotion as much as they express it. Perhaps that’s what differentiates them from what comes out of our other face holes. They don’t merely exist for ...

If you find yourself reading this post, know that you are unfortunate enough to have been born on this planet. If you have been born, then you were born on a certain day of a certain month and at a certain time of a certain year. It also means you have a sun sign that bears testament to your asshole...

Nothing will ever intellectually prove that God exists, or that he doesn’t. God’s too smart for that. But if you do believe in God, or would like to, you might pause and ask yourself this — Why would God create us to sleep so much? About a third of our lives! Wha...

After my time in Alaska, I moved back to Colorful Colorado with my wife, our first kid, and one on the way. I started my first corporate job working in the ad agency arm of a small e-commerce tech company. Being back in Colorado set the environment to return to authors I had read before that had cha...

The four noble truths of Buddhism have been on my radar for some time. I heard about it during my Vipassana course in 2020. A speech from a fellow Toastmaster reignited my interest to write on it. Some weeks back, I wrote about the ‘First Noble Truth.’ This initiative aims t...

The ritual of tribute to fallen soldiers is a tradition that stretches back to antiquity. From then to the present the exaltation of those who have died fighting in a tribe, city state or nation’s wars has been crucial in uniting said community around a common narrative of shared purpose and v...