People will only hurt me if I'm bad I'm bad, so I deserve to be punished They punish me because I'm bad Punishment must make me good Punish me until I am everything you want me to be And I will be good again And you will love me More..
Service & Sexuality Both service and sexuality were high on my mind when I dove into the Gita According to Gandhi. I was fascinated to learn what this ancient text from the land that spawned the Kama Sutra had to say. Naturally, I consumed the sections on desire, trying to override my simplistic moral framework to see it in ... More..
As a fairly codependent person myself, I recommend keeping a safe emotional and financial difference from codependent friends or lovers. They have a problem and nothing you do can fix it. The only thing that can help a heavily codependent person is to leave or withdraw support, forcing them to face life on their own. From th... More..
Inarguably, some foods are definitely nutritionally superior to others. That does not necessarily impart "super powers" to these foods, as some might hope. The very idea of a "super food" implies that eating it will somehow magically undo all the damage caused by regular consumption of non-super foods. Most living foods are ... More..
So how did I finally quit biting my fingernails? Only one thing ever worked for me: Love. Love your nails. Love yourself. What gave me the psychological strength to quit was a friend's observation that nail biting was his least favorite of "all the self-destructive habits". I had never thought of nail biting as self-destruct... More..
When things happen, we choose how to react. Usually, this is an unconscious choice we make by default based on how we're wired. That wiring can be changed, however, with the addition of some basic logic: Some events make me unhappy. I can't change those events. I can change the way I perceive those events. Changing my percep... More..
For fans of Flogging Molly's first two albums, Drunken Lullabies can be a bit of a let down. While the composition is outstanding and the band's sound is better than ever, this is a less vigorous and much more melancholy album than the two preceding. The lonely ballads have a deeper tone than in songs past, tearing at my hea... More..
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