family
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Reacting To Processes
Long ago, when I was just a wee one, my parents divorced. Overall, I consider their divorce a good thing, but I cannot deny the impact it had on me and my siblings. In purely typical fashion, we reacted like… Continue reading
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Linear Programming A Better World
Every morning I go to a coffee shop, sit with a cup of coffee, and write out my thoughts to get my head in order for the day. Anyone who is compelled to write knows that there are a million… Continue reading
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A Conflict Of Motivations
Nothing begins with knowledge and reason. Experience is the foundation of understanding, not knowledge. Both of my parents grew up poor, in what were called cold-water flats. Thus, a large part of their primary motivation in life had always been… Continue reading
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An Entrenched Delusion
Our true selves could solve our problems much better than our fantasy selves. Apparently, I live in the state that is the basketball capital of the world. There is a sign on the highway, so it must be true. Nonetheless,… Continue reading
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Creating Conflict
My parents divorced when I was just a tot. Like most entering marriage, they were very immature. From my perspective, what caused the failure was that they both valued the image of what marriage should look like, rather than the… Continue reading
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Lifelong Projects
We all fall into a lifelong project of one sort or another. Most commonly, people will wake up one day and find that they are parents,.. with a mortgage. Becoming parents, raising children, then grandparents, and great grandparents. It is… Continue reading
