Call it grief, or post-traumatic stress, or a ghost, if you like — our memories shape our identity and our identity shapes our actions. We’re always coping with the past and the present at once.
Shame, Blame and Guilt
July 10th, 2015 12 Comments
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What’s All the FFFFUFFF About?
April 29th, 2011 1 Comment
It must be great to be an auspice. You’re never alone and everything is always under you.
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A Good Friday Meditation
April 22nd, 2011 2 Comments
Esteem can do what success cannot. It can outlive us. Fresh flowers on gravesites are not placed for the successful. Success has a successor always waiting. Esteem is more durable.
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