Lessons Universal Languages 7 Jan 201913 Nov 2021 In a prior blog post I shared an experience I had while teaching in University. I was saying all the words to correctly describe the concepts I was supposed to…
Lessons And Now We’ll Begin 31 Dec 201813 Nov 2021 New Year's Eve is funny. Here we are on December 31st, and tonight at 11:59:59 PM it will be the absolute end of the entire year. And then one second…
Lessons Just a Little Diametric Opposition 24 Dec 201813 Nov 2021 Lately I’ve discovered a new favorite food condiment. It’s pepper jam. The combination of sweet and spicy, two flavors that usually stand in contrast to one another, is a very…
Lessons Core Needs 17 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 This last Thursday I posted a short, simple story about a father and son who were experiencing a moment of frustration and exhaustion. Each was tired of their shared struggle,…
Lessons Following Footsteps 10 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 Children tend to look like their parents. You've probably noticed this. Not only that, but they tend to act like them, too. For most of my life I merely attributed…
Lessons Something Old, Something New 3 Dec 201812 Nov 2021 Sadly, it seems to be in our nature that wherever we find a distinction between two entities, we almost invariably set them in opposition to one another. We hear of…
Lessons Live a Life 26 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 Professionally I work as a software developer. The industry has come a long ways since it exploded among the workforce a half century ago. A lot of those changes, particularly…
Lessons A Proper Cadence 19 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 On Thursday I shared the first half of a story that I had originally intended to publish in a single post. As I explained at the time, the reason for…
Lessons Who Are You Really? 12 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 Are people inherently good or evil? It is a question that has puzzled our species for millennia, and likely will continue to do so for a very, very long while.…
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