The Philosophy of the Titanium Don
Ramblings

Category: Pathwalking

Why Be Mindful of the Divisive?

Because that way lies madness. Everywhere you turn, especially across social media, the narrative loudly screams about “US” vs “THEM”. The emphasis on the extremes and how “we” need to protect ourselves from “they” is utterly out of hand. When all is said and done, no matter what divisive label you apply, people aren’t so radically different. Have you ever met anyone who doesn’t want to have fairness, compassion, and empathy in their life? I haven’t. These are universal desires

What is This Nagging Sense I Can’t Shake?

It’s been with me for a while, and I can’t put my finger on it. I have this odd, nagging sense that something’s off that I just can’t shake. And it’s been nagging at me for quite some time now. Maybe it’s the craziness of the big picture elements of the world. As much as I’m careful about how much time I spend on social media and how little I read or watch the news, the madness of the world’s

It’s Okay To Feel Scared

But it’s not okay to let fear overwhelm your life. There’s no denying we live in wild, crazy times right now. Spend any time on social media, reading or watching any news media, and you can’t help but feel uncertain, and maybe even scared. How did it all come to this? When did people allow so many madmen to take control? Why won’t the people who can fix this do something? Has selfishness and thirst for power really overwhelmed any

Hold Yourself Accountable First

This is about being responsible, not taking blame. I strive to maintain optimism. Not blind, all-is-well-that-shit-is-not-happening optimism, but a sense that the scales will rebalance, the pendulum can be swung the other way, and we can do little things to impact the big picture. The problem is, most of those little things are for you, and only you. No matter what you do for anyone else, you can’t alter, control, or change them. You can influence, guide, suggest, and show

Everybody Knows Something Until What They Know Changes

Parsing this is a conscious effort you alone can undertake. I call myself a modern-day philosopher. The focal point of my personal philosophy is what I call Pathwalking. Pathwalking is the notion that, via mindfulness – active conscious awareness – you can choose how you shape your life experience and what paths you take therein. I’ve been writing about this every week for over 14 years now, and aspects of it have changed because I’ve changed. Change, after all, is

Choices and Decisions Empower Your Life

Any and all control comes down to making choices and decisions. Many of the powers that be – specifically political, business, and some spiritual leaders – prefer that you feel disempowered. They want you to believe that you’re powerless, have no control over your life experience whatsoever, and that nobody but them (or their chosen affiliates) can help. This message is spread far and wide and is constantly bombarding you. Nearly every advertisement is offering to sell you goods or

Anger Itself Is a Natural Emotion

How you express it is another matter. Let me begin by making it clear that I am not placing blame here mainly because blame is an utterly useless concept. What I am doing is establishing a background to help us connect and understand one another. That said, here’s my story. My parents divorced when I was 5 or 6. This was the late 1970s, before divorce became more normal. As a bright, sensitive child, this impacted me hard. While I

Who Needs Kindness, Compassion, and Empathy?

Everyone. Everyone needs kindness, compassion, and empathy. Somewhere along the way, a certain sector of our society decided that being kind, compassionate, empathetic, and caring about anyone outside yourself or your immediate circle was a sign of weakness. They took this further and labeled it as being “woke”, like that was a horrid, unacceptable thing. What’s the opposite of awake, or “woke”? Asleep, or unaware. (Or let’s apply the thesaurus here, oblivious, ignorant, and unconscious.) Tell someone who takes umbrage

It’s Perfectly Normal to Doubt Your Path

Venturing into the unknown always comes with challenges. When I had the opportunity to write full time, I took it. In the 5 years that I’ve been walking that path I’ve managed to finish and publish 18 books. I have 1 finished now that I’m editing and am working on another. Additionally, I’ve put out over 780 blog posts. I don’t think anyone can argue that this is a lot of writing. I knew I wanted to be a writer

Can You Choose How You Handle Change?

Yes. But what that looks like depends on your actions. I write this frequently: The one and only constant in the universe is change. Change is inevitable. It can, will, and does happen. Sometimes it’s so slow that you hardly know it is ongoing, but it is. Other times, it’s so abrupt you can hardly believe what happened. In either case, for the most part, change in and of itself is neither good nor bad. Another thing I write frequently:

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