The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
Thank you for your support. While I do this in part for myself, it is knowing that you are out there, reading these words, that helps keep me going. I am so deeply grateful for you, that I need to take a moment to simply say, Thank You. Gratitude is the ultimate tool in the world of conscious reality creation. Expressing gratitude for what we already possess, not just saying the words but FEELING grateful, will draw more of the
Be kind. To yourself, to others whether they are family, friend, or random stranger. The world could use more kindness. I think one of the reasons so many people feel so defeated is because we are not only inundated by tremendous amounts of negativity, but also awful people. So many people doing such terrible things, whether great or small. A total lack of decency, let alone empathy or sympathy or any amount of kindness pervades too much of the world
I love my people. Who are my people? My people are the ones who I turn to for support, whom I look to for guidance, and whom I share a great many commonalities. I have found the majority of my people in the SCA. Twenty-six years in the Society for Creative Anachronism has introduced me to a lot of people who are as into history and fantasy as I am. My geeky tribe, frequently of fellow misfits. Yes, I was
The people who become our persons in this life can be an amazing source of Positivity. If, like me, you find that overall people make you crazy, you understand this distinction. What it boils down to is those who we get close to in various ways are persons, as opposed to those who are the faceless masses we refer to as people. People in this sense tend to drive us nuts. They cut you off on the road, they elect
You woke up today. That is tremendously positive. You have air in your lungs. Your heart is beating. You have thoughts in your head. These are all filled with positive energy. You are reading these words on a computer, tablet or phone. The positivity of that is impressive. It is very easy to forget that the positive exists in the smallest, most trivial things in our lives. Just being alive and living every day is immeasurably positive. I know that
Though what happened in Charlottesville last weekend did not have a direct effect on me, it is still something I take personally. Crossing the Bridges is where I get the most personal, and this week in particular I need to address what I am seeing in this country. I was born and raised Jewish. Though I don’t practice the religion at this time, I DO culturally consider myself a Jew. I am proud of my heritage, and it means a
Dear America, When did we accept hatred as the standard? When did we decide that after almost a century of progress it was perfectly ok to allow unrestrained racists, sexists, bigots, misogynists, warmongers and fearmongers to be our leaders again? When did we decide that it was better to praise and follow the blindly faithful and ignorant rather than the logical and intelligent? How did we get to this place where our choices for leadership from one party includes a
Pathwalking is more an emotional journey than a physical one. This is the part that I find I have the hardest time with overall. I can intellectualize the philosophy and I can give deep thought and a loud voice to the concept, but the necessary emotion behind it is a challenge. I have met many people along the way for whom emotion comes first. They can cry at the drop of a hat or they feel pretty much everything around
There are many people who suffer from self esteem issues. It is surprising just how many people have poor self esteem. It is often masked in one of a myriad of ways, and so well hidden as to be unrecognizable. But a lack of self esteem can be soul crushing, and can easily derail you from any path you might choose. Before you can do anything for anyone, yourself included, you have to have self-respect. This is an aspect of
There are many people deserving of respect. Status does not matter. Social standing is unimportant. It is actions that command respect. Whether it is a trauma doctor saving a dying patient, a soldier defending her country, a teacher educating children or a plumber keeping your basement dry, the service they perform is deserving of respect. We have become somewhat jaded as a nation when it comes to this. Discussions about bad pay and overpayment and benefits or a lack thereof