L.I.F.E

I know this has been around for a while but I just recently saw it again and for some reason it struck a chord. I printed it and put it up on the wall at my desk. As I sit here I am trying to describe what reading this makes me think and feel but I seem unable [...]

Cabin contemplations

Humans often act like pack animals. We thrive in company. Follow or lead others depending on our character. We seek affirmation in groups and feel safer in numbers. A mob can be vicious and commit terrible atrocities. A group can pull together and create wonders. The field of sociology has long studied the dynamics of [...]

Inconvenient

Have you ever wished yourself far, far away? Away from your everyday job, your normal life? Wondered what would happen if you actually went somewhere totally different on your own? What would it mean? How would it change you? Would you find yourself being someone else? Would it make a difference? Who would you become? [...]

Blogging anonymously or not…

So… when I started thinking about blogging, one of the first thing that I thought about was that I would start blogging under a different name. Mainly because I was feeling really hesitant about writing all this stuff that spills out of my head and what people who know me would think and if I’m [...]

Collecting life experience points

I was sitting in my car the other day and I started thinking about what if I could go back ten years in time but keep the same experiences that I have today. How would that have changed my choices in life? A lot of things can happen in ten years and you do not [...]

Friendship

Friendship, This is an area that many take for granted but they shouldn’t. Having friends is not something that you can take for granted. Most of us have a good few casual friendships and people who we see often, if it is in work or in an academic environment, people who we have a laugh [...]

Searching and finding yourself

Whom am I – have you ever asked yourself that question? What  is it that can change  life…is it a moment, a look, a thought or something much more undefined?  It can be something so small that once the change has happened you are unable to find that defining moment that made all the difference. [...]