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  • Stopping

    Occasionally, when we push ourselves hard during a workout, we hit a wall. I don’t mean collapsing, I just mean stopping. Sometimes it happens without us noticing. We just find ourselves standing still, panting,…

  • Humblings

    When we are by ourselves, it can be easy to become delusional. A little bit too much pride, and we fall for the illusion of being more than we really are. A little bit too much…

  • The garden

    The following is a lightly edited transcript from my grandmother Jane Clement But if I walk in the garden and I don’t actively think, everything is beautiful.  It’s when you start thinking, that things…

  • The gratitude police

    Well I had a job, but I got laid off. I had a heart but it got too soft. I had a girlfriend and she lied. I had a wife but my wife she…

  • The wisdom of hypocrisy

    “Hell ain’t a bad place to be” – ACDC No one likes to be a hypocrite. No one wants to be wrong, look stupid or say something obviously contradictory. But we are often wrong, about lots of things,…

  • This time it’s personal

    I bet they’d love your sparkling personality – Carol Sturka, Pluribus The easiest way to piss someone off is to poke fun at something they take personally. Their haircut. A pair of brand new…

  • 100 thoughts

    We all have a ridiculous number of thoughts everyday. Most are invisible. Most of the rest are like a highly repetitive radio station. But there’s the occasional thing – a quote, an observation, an…

  • Ground teeth – Three years of Buddha Bike

    2025 is coming to a close in a few days. It’s been a relatively quiet and uneventful year for me, with most of my time spent close to home and work. In mid December…

  • The wall

    When we see someone hitting a ball against concrete wall, we tend to say things like, oh that’s a bit sad. At least that’s what I think. That looks boring. Doesn’t he have a…