In a prior post, I challenged the sacred adage, “it is what it is”, a comforting and familiar expression that reassures us that reality is solid and immutable… Just as it implies that we cannot change things all that much, and it’s best to just accept our lot. Well I’m not done picking on that […]
There’s a great joke that’s circulated the web for some time that’s also a great way to view the supposed Mayan Apocalypse of 2012. Forgive me, but I can’t recall exactly who said it first, but I’ll admit that it wasn’t me. The idea is that since the Mayan calendar ended on Dec. 21, 2012, […]
You’ve heard it before, “perception is reality”. This isn’t just true in specific situations, it is always true. We as human beings don’t actually own reality as such. We all see things, hear things, feel things, experience things a bit differently. As much as we try to perceive the pure essence of something, the more […]
There is an old adage which reads, “He who dares wins”. The simple truth is that when we attempt something, we either get our intended outcome or we don’t. In contemporary vernacular, that is often called “success”, or “failure”, respectively. Much has been written about how failure is really only feedback, so I’ll only review […]