I remember listening to the song, “The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald” on the radio years ago, and I thought, what a haunting and yet beautiful song. Gordon Lightfoot sang it in a powerful way, and about every five or six years, I will hear it again. And again, I am haunted by that tragic…
Tag: Challenges
On Satan’s Powerful Influence
In our pre-earth existence we were spirits formed from intelligent matter through a birth process of which earthly births are patterned after. We are the offspring of a heavenly and eternal couple, and we progressed in that pre-earth state, in the presence of our parents. We were to a point of maturity where further progress…
On Understanding or Empathy
In my long life, I have heard many times; “I know how you feel.” And sometimes, a common retort might be, “No, you don’t; you can’t possibly know what I am going through.” We are all as different as we are alike, and because we are, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for one…
On Woman
I grew up hearing men, including my father, refer to their wives as their “better half,” and after I married, I realized why. Women have a special way of seeing or looking at things that men do not. They are more patient and understanding; generally speaking, they have a sensitivity to others that many men…
On No Matter How Real or On Intelligence
I am often amazed at the capacity of the human mind. If a human can think it, a human can do it, with few exceptions. The most interesting thing about that thought is the converse. Just because you can think it, doesn’t mean that you have to or should do it. Most everything that I…
On Building Character
I remember as a young thirteen year old “man,” I was a member of the Washington State National Guard. You may ask, “How were you a member of the National Guard? Doesn’t a person have to be 17 in order to become a National Guardsman?” The answer, of course, is yes, but I was not…
On Suicide
Suicide is one of the most devastating events that can happen within a family. Each member of the family may feel it was their fault. If they had only been more affectionate, more willing to listen, able to spend more time with their sister, their brother, etc. They also have to deal with the empty…
On Bliss
Bliss is supposedly a state of mind or even a physical state that I’m not sure that I have ever experienced. It is supposedly a state of mind and/or body where you feel relaxed and happy. Ordinarily, I have had too many things on my mind to ever feel very relaxed mentally, and keeping myself…
On Fuzzy Sets or Approximated Reasoning
There are many things in this world that are not just black and white. In fact, there are probably more things that are or could be considered belonging to “fuzzy sets” where the truth or the exactness of an issue is hidden or unrevealed. For example, there are literally hundreds of churches and or philosophies…
On Atheism
I was listening to a guest author on a popular talk show while driving somewhere the other day, and this guest had written a book about doing away with all religious organizations. His theory was that they are divisive in a social society. Religions are pitted against one another and so on. He felt that…