It took me a long time to learn, frustratingly brutal trial and error, fighting presumptions and misconceptions, but eventually I realized that all of my writing leads to this work: Maciolekism. My very own philosophy.

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  • Family Gatherings and Social Media

    Words, by themselves, are not more than grunts. Evolved grunts, maybe. Advanced grunts,.. but grunts just the same. Used to simply get attention, in a battle for dominance (aggressive or submissive dominance), and little else.  Used to interrupt, distract, and… Continue reading

  • Not Surprising

    Arrogance makes people blind to the reality that surrounds them. Continue reading

  • Trusting The Creativity of Others

    Everyone has a unique perspective of the world we live in, as well as themselves in this world. Our perspective guides how we build the behavior structures of our life. However, having our own perspective does not mean that it… Continue reading

  • Transition

    I had a chance to commune with a Bald Eagle today. I was on a walk along a river and decided to rest on a large rock. It flew up to alight on a nearby branch with the clear intention… Continue reading

  • To Elevate

    There are times in life when we find ourselves trapped in someone else’s lesson. Even an active part of their lesson. At these times it is important to remember that we are experiencing our own lesson, different from theirs, just… Continue reading

  • Measuring Distances

    I have been considering different ways to measure how far removed a society or culture is from its environment. One of the things that jumped out and stuck in my mind is how so many people make an effort to… Continue reading

  • Thoughts On Digital Currencies

    There is no tool we can create that cannot also be used as a weapon. Currency is a tool we created. Heretofore our monetary system has been based on a physical currency, which has been increasingly forced to transition to… Continue reading

  • Mea Culpa

    Time and the world, money and power belong to the small people and the shallow people. To the rest, to the real men belongs nothing. Nothing but death. Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf Regrettably, I have allowed the small people to distract… Continue reading

  • My 10,000 Hours

    It has been said that it takes ten thousand hours of practice to become an expert. I was not raised with this mindset. My parents never instilled such discipline in me. I only learned of this concept on my own,… Continue reading

  • Embraced

    My entire life I have had an intense feeling of being embraced, and guided. Perhaps it began only from my parent’s love and compassion, but as I got older it never went away. I learned early on to live step… Continue reading