You’ve Never Known a Person In Your Life, And You May Never Too

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know a personWe like to think we know those closest to us, but do we really?  Do you ever really know someone, anyone?

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People Come and Go, But Our Lives Are Like What?

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In an article a few months ago, I wrote how change is not only a part of life, but that life is defined by it.  Nowhere is this more obvious or true than in our relationships…

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A Broken Family is Far Better Than a Broken Home

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A lot of people make a big deal about divorce rates in the western world.  But simple logic suggests that the amount of legally failed marriages is far lower than the amount of ACTUALLY failed marriages.  And I’d be willing to bet your money that the primary cause of this difference is children.

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“We’ll stay together for the sake of the children.”

But when is “for the sake of the children” no longer to the benefit of the children?  When is a family better off divided than united..?

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Seriously, Why Parenthood Ends When Childhood Ends

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There was a conversation I had once with my mother a few years ago. I don’t even remember it. But, I still remember what it taught me.

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In a lot of ways, it wasn’t unusual at all. Except that, for some reason, it led me to realize something very important about the relationship between a child and their parents that (I think) parents have such difficulty understanding – though it would help them tremendously in improving their relationship with their teens…

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Dude, You Couldn’t Be Purposeless If You Tried…

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So I went on the internet for the first time today (absolutely believable, dude).  And, apparently, a lot of young folk aren’t doing all too great.

PurposelessYup.  Word on the street’s that a lot of young dudes and ladies are a bit confused about their lives.  Kinda lost.  Kinda aimless.  Kinda freakin “purposeless”.  Or so it SEEMS based on a lot of the sites out there…

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No(body) Lasts a Day

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The other day I read this article online – some daytime talk show type lamentation (the sick word of the day) about how men just don’t change or some junk like that.  I dunno.  I don’t think I even made it more than a paragraph in.

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But it got me thinking about the ways we really DO change; that so few seem to consider at all…

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You Don’t Deserve Anything (Until You’re Someone Who Deserves Something)

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Have you ever been disappointed with where you are in life?  Have you ever been pissed-off with what you have, and what you don’t; with who you’re with, or who you’re not?  Have you ever, then, been told that you “deserve better”?

what you deserveOf course.  We all have.  But…if we’re so deserving of better, why don’t we have it…?

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Life is SUPPOSED to Be Hard (I Know, Freaking Lame…)

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Good times are awesome (you heard it here first).  But, let’s be so super serious…they don’t last forever.  ”Wait, wuuuuh?” Yup.  Freaking shocking.  But the truth is – and we ALL know) that life has a way of – in poetic terms – punching you when you’re smiling, and kicking you when you’ve hit the ground.  The jerk….

Life is hardGuess what, though? Life’s SUPPOSED to be hard…

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MindBodyGreen: 5 Things You’ll Never Regret in Life

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My good chums over at MindBodyGreen have published yet ANOTHER of my random and totally awkward articles.  It’s called: “5 Things You’ll NEVER Regret in Life”.  If you haven’t read my FIRST MindBodyGreen post (I mean, seriously…wtf?), check it out HERE.

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A Loser at 20, is a Loser at 40…

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Watched the most freaking awesome show this weekend at my brother’s place.  Normally I don’t watch any TV (on a TV, at least) cause most shows are damn lame.  THIS one, though?  Seriously…wtf?  The show’s called Virgin Diaries, and it’s about the lives of adult and middle-aged virgins.

Virgin loserIt was cringe worthy.  Cause these people are walking proof of the cruelest fact of life…that a loser today will be a loser tomorrow, will ALWAYS be a loser…

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What a [Death Row Inmate] Can Teach You About Being Yourself

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THIS is the last one.  This is the end of our series on “What [Villains] Can Teach You About Being Yourself”.  Totally choking up right now, obvi.  It’s just been so long  a journey through the scum and misunderstood of the earth.  And so we conclude with those sentenced to depart it.

being yourselfWhat can a death row inmate teach you about being yourself?  Maybe you can guess…

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What a [Dictator] Can Teach You About Being Yourself

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Nearing the end of our series on “What [Villains] Can Teach You About Being Yourself”.  And today we continue with dudes who ruin generations of people with their oppression, and murder, and theft:  Dictators.

being yourselfSo what can a dictator teach you about being yourself?  More than the UN would probably ever admit…

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What a [Druglord] Can Teach You About Being Yourself

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being yourselfWhat can a murderous criminal who feeds off the addictions and fears and poverty of millions show you about being a better person?  In what way can HE be an example of the personal qualities you yourself should cultivate?  In this next part of our on-going series on “What [Villains] Can Teach You About Being Yourself” we’re gonna talk about some of the richest, most powerful, Most Wanted men in the world…

So…what can a druglord teach you about being yourself?  A shit ton of course…

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