Many years ago the yo-yo was the school fad. Every kid in school had to have one and those who developed some skill and could make them “loop” or “sleep” were the coolest people around. Now the cool thing in our society is to be “dating” or in some relationship with sexual overtones. It’s cool to say that you are…Continue reading Gender Bullying
Tag: #insight
A deep and comprehensive understanding of some idea or thing, often acquired quickly. A knowledge of the relationships between things that more completely reveals the nature of those things.
True Freedom
You have true freedom when you can act without being acted upon by negative consequences. That’s a pretty good definition of freedom. In those circumstances, you can do anything you like and find satisfaction in the accomplishment. This is not rocket science, but it does seem to escape most of us. The fact that it’s that simple does give you…Continue reading True Freedom
How My Insights Come at Me
A few nights each month, some distant thought comes to the shore of my consciousness like a huge wave approaching from far out at sea. As my sleep shallows, the wave rises up in a great breaker and crashes down in a rushing, jumble of thoughts and I have to run to my desk and capture them for if I…Continue reading How My Insights Come at Me
Even Rocks Have Rights
This seems like a strange, maybe even oxymoronic topic. Yet because of the simple nature of a rock, you may soon experience the most profound understanding of human rights you have ever had. So bear with me a moment while I set the stage. This special rock is from my flower bed. For me, it represents the extraordinary yet ordinary…Continue reading Even Rocks Have Rights
The Introduction to the Book
The two worst topics to bring up if you want to keep your friends are religion and politics: the other labels for church and state. Not only that, this book is about rights: “I have a right to …”, “He has no right to …”, etc. So here we talk about three big issues: rights, religion, and politics and the fog…Continue reading The Introduction to the Book