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Researcher Julia Galef recently offered great insights on the idea of a Scout mindset vs. Soldier mindset pointing out that most people see their interactions with others as a competition. Somebody’s gotta win and somebody’s gotta lose reflecting the philosophy of an unreformed “Ricky Bobby” (Talladega Nights 2006). Samuel Clemons, better known as Mark Twain said …
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Violence is most peculiar. Most of the physical violence I endured in my 40 years probably occurred before age 21. Hand full of fist fights, ass whippings and black eyes from Chapman Basketball and pro tryouts. But the violence I suffered was sometimes in observing other people harmed. Saw my first deceased corpse when I …
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In a Twitter poll, I said, “True or False…People spend a lot of time in the mirror because they like the way they look.” Guess how many people called b.s.? Seventy one percent said, “FALSE!” The sample size was small but maybe a moral to that conclusion is that people spend more time trying to …
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Somehow I got sucked into an internal mental scrimmage on the subject of male nurturing. I asked myself something I’ve never thought of prior to my son’s birth this past summer. I said to myself, “Self, do you think a man can or should be nurturing?” See I’ve noticed in 9 weeks that I’m drawn …
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For me, being the antidote starts with a willingness to say hello. I look at some people, listen to some people, am offended by some people so much so that I give up on them and on moral excellence. But there’s never been anything wrong with virtue as it doesn’t have an expiration date. The …
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The word “antidote” has this greek rendering that means “given against.” It’s the counter agent to whatever toxin you’ve been exposed. In 2007 I was stung by no less than 15 wasps at once. My wife happened to come outside as I was writhing in the driveway. She remembered that mud is said to function …
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One of my former players’ dad gave me this calendar. It sits on my desk at home and I usually change the date as often as I remember. The verse stays the same for weeks at a time. But on this one, if Lamentations 3:25 is true it makes no sense. Consider the concept whether …
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