There was a boy, around eight years old, wearing a black shirt with this written on the back: "God put me here for a reason and He has a perfect plan for me." I don’t know, but it just seemed that, if the T-shirt is true, then God is not a nice guy. I know there are kids born into this world who have terrible lives, who were just born into unfortunate … [Read more...] about God put me here for a reason and He has a perfect plan for me
Philosophy
I Used To Be Awesome!
We start out in life thinking that we're awesome. We can dance in public as 5-year-olds and not care what others think of us. By the time we'ere adults, that's been driven out of us. by peers by parents by the media by embarrassing situations As adults, we doubt ourselves. We judge ourselves badly. We are critical: of our bodies of ourselves as people of … [Read more...] about I Used To Be Awesome!
The Improvement of the Mind By Isaac Watts 1821 (Free)
Seneca, Letters and Philosophy – The Pasquini Family
[note color="#ffec9e"]Note: please visit my letters from a stoic website and Seneca iTunes Podcast page for all 124 letters written and read.[/note] I am reading Seneca: Letters From a Stoic. This was written in the year 64. What is amazing is the wisdom that he imparted as he neared death. How pertinent it was then, how pertinent it is today. I have decided to go … [Read more...] about Seneca, Letters and Philosophy – The Pasquini Family
Success Verses Failure
I was in bed this morning thinking about my life and all the trials and tribulations that seemed to hold me back from my true potential. Then I realized that while it may have seemed so, it wasn't. I remember some years ago before Marilyn and I were separated thinking I hadn't suffered enough. I saw so many miserable lives around me who'd used their misery for good, that I … [Read more...] about Success Verses Failure