Tag Archives: Principles

Slow Learning is Better than No Learning

You’d think I’d learn by now. I mean it’s not that complicated, really.
It all started because Gorgeous said I needed to start thinking about getting healthier. She was right, as usual. I’ll be cresting the big 4-0 this year and … Continue reading

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Talk About The Truth!

The recent discussions with Marcus highlight an interesting challenge for Christians. How do we discuss the things Jesus said about truth when talking to folks who have a fundamentally different understanding of what truth is?

Folks like Markus don’t believe that … Continue reading

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Finding Truth

Update: Marcus has posted a very well thought and reasoned response over at his place, titled simply Truth, that deserves your attention. Head on over. Check it out. Maybe even drop him a comment giving your two cents.
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The Source of Wisdom

Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.

Do you ever wonder why the world is such a mess?
There is a reason for it.
Do you ever scratch your head at some of the inane things that are often said by … Continue reading

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One Sure-Fired Secret to Change Any Circumstance For the Better

I’m around a person quite a bit who seems to complain a bunch about her with poor health. And I feel bad for her because she is obviously suffering miserably much of the time.

She struggles with keeping weight on and … Continue reading

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Forced Learning: Sitemaps and Backups

I’m working on setting up another blog because I want to explore a specific topic in detail that I don’t think fits here in my general personal blog (where I look at what I call practical life philosophy.)

I just started … Continue reading

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Fear and New Things

Why are new things often so challenging for us?
I am getting things lined up for a new endeavor, trying to get my ducks in a row before I kick things off so that the ride will have as few bumps … Continue reading

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Ignoring Your Hired Experts Can Be Costly

I got a call from one of our clients yesterday afternoon asking if we’d be able to inspect some cargo. They were a bit under the gun as the ship it was for was loading at the time and they … Continue reading

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How Much is Enough? Looking at Wisdom and Money

Gorgeous and I had one of our “State of the Household” meetings yesterday, which boiled down to a long conversation about money.
Its always a difficult topic for us to talk about. Most of the fights and shouting matches in our … Continue reading

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Driving With the Brakes On

Ever see someone driving down the road for miles with their brake lights on?

Last night I was out and about and saw no less than three different cars doing it. One even passed me, brake lights glaring back at me … Continue reading

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