WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT “WHEN DO YOU STOP BEING A GIRL, AND WHO GETS TO DECIDE?” – Headline from “The Face.” The article topic is really about film making. OK. But it raises a significant issue for America. When does a boy or girl become a man or woman? In one state you can’t be left alone at …
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GUEST POST from Don – Won’t Follow Advice
WON’T FOLLOW ADVICE People (generally) don’t follow advice. My wife is a counselor and she is ultra careful not to give advice. She gives thought starters. The client figures it out for himself. People don’t follow advice, instead they do what they feel is “the right way” (an emotional response). Research proved it. More than 3,500 adults, studied by Grossman …
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GUEST POST from Don – Hospice
This can be a sensitive topic for many; please be prepared before reading this if you are one of them. HOSPICE Let me get out in front of this by saying that I have no “must believe” POV on this. My mom died in hospice. She chose to go that way. Others I know have decided to die …
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GUEST POST from Don – Emotional Stability
EMOTIONAL STABILITY “Do not drive or operate heavy machinery” is the warning after sedation or anesthesia for surgery. Excellent advice! Anesthesia discombobulates one’s senses. I read up on the anesthesia from my last medical event. The half-life of the anesthesia product was 10-20 minutes. Two hours after waking I was still under its influence. I just wish they wouldn’t wake me …
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GUEST POST from Don – July 14, 2024
FUN WITH THE PROBLEM OF FREE WILL Looking at Free Will is not just for scholars. Ordinary folk can enjoy it, since it affects them, too! BEING FREE TO CHOOSE Freedom is doing what you want when you want. It is also having the freedom to do those things you don’t want. If you had a choice today: “Eat …
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