New Year's Preparations

There is a certain kind of amnesia that lulls us into a false sense of security.

Since thought does not have the power to conjure up reality out of "airy nothing," we have difficulty remembering even unpleasant experiences as real-time events that occupied the whole of our consciousness.

We are inclined to forget the lessons of the past. We assume that the future will be pleasant and secure. We rely on hope.

This is not wise.

"Do as a wise man should and prepare for ill and not for good."

Birdland

If you cannot understand the songs of birds you cannot understand Jazz.

A Compelling Case

We are often compelled by our desperation to do that which we would not do.

So Near, Yet So Far

It is a strange truth that God could not be closer to us and we could not be further away.

Shocking

Shock is the result of a statistical anomaly that jolts us awake and reminds us that everything is due to chance.

Child Abuse

The same capitalistic social system that strives to safeguard children from physical harm does not hesitate to poison their minds with an incessant barrage of marketing and advertising.

I Would Love To Change the World

In truth, we cannot change the world. But we can change ourselves.

How strange, then, that most men are willing to suffer and die in an attempt to change the world rather than live with the responsibility of changing themselves!