The Ramblings of the Titanium Don

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While we are singular beings, we are made of many components.  Some are physical and tangible, like our organs and limbs and such – some are intangible – like our soul, spirit, and emotions. While exploring the topic of trust, I touched on three separate but equal aspects that make up the human experience.  I thought it might not be a bad idea to explore these further, as they play a greater part in our make-up than just with regards

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So far we have looked at trust on several levels.  It began with an analysis of the notion of trust, and how important trusting yourself it.  Then I continued with answering the question What do you do to regain lost trust?  I explored the absolute importance of forgiveness to this process, and how complex this notion really is.  After that, I continued to explore the importance of trust, and how deeply necessary trusting yourself is. The question I have not

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Trust is a multi-faceted concept many of us find difficult at best.  When a breach of trust is an external issue you are faced with, what to do with the person/entity that did this?  Do you keep them in your life, let them go, move them from inner circles to outer circles?  But when it comes to the self you don’t have the same option. Of course, one could argue, you DO have that option.  You can take on an

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Trust is a multi-faceted concept many of us find difficult at best.  Trust is reliance on something tangible or intangible, holding onto confidence and hope.  That is what trust is. Last week I began to explore that trust in the self is in many respects even more vital than trust in any external force or entity.  Without proper trust in who I am, and what I want to do, walking my own Path will be almost impossible. I concluded by

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Trust is a multi-faceted concept many of us find difficult at best. Trust takes on a lot of forms, and can have a lot of meanings.  It is not a simple concept or just a word, it is a tenet of human existence. What does trust mean?  Extracting key elements of its meaning from dictionary.com, we know that trust means: noun reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence;  confident expectation of something; hope. verb (used without object) to rely upon or place confidence in someone or something (usually followed by in or to): to trust in another’s honesty, trusting to luck; to have confidence; hope: Things work out if one only trusts. To sum it up, trust is reliance on something tangible or intangible,

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Time factors into so very many aspects of our lives. So many of the things we do in our day are dictated to us by time.  There is a time to sleep, a time to wake, a time to eat, a time to work, a time to play, time for this, time for that. And of course, on the other side, there is a lack of time.  Running late, out of time, too late, the time is getting away from

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“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. Luck is an interesting topic.  Many people believe that it is luck, good or bad, that makes our lives. Luck of the draw.  Luck of the Irish.  Good luck.  Bad luck.  Lucky in love.  Unlucky in love. Pathwalking is about finding and making your own path in life.  Luck has nothing to do with this. Yes, I will not deny that sometimes it is

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One of the most often used phrases people throw around is “forgive, but don’t forget.”  While many are champions of applying this to others in their lives, this is somewhere many of us fail at when it comes to ourselves. Last week I talked about the “forgive” portion of this, but did not get into the “don’t forget” aspect.  To put it simply, the importance of forgiving without forgetting is to avoid repetition in errors. I can forgive myself for

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One of the most often used phrases people throw around is “forgive, but don’t forget.”  While many are champions of applying this to others in their lives, this is somewhere many of us fail at when it comes to ourselves. What do I mean by that?  We are good at forgiving but forgetting when others do wrong by us, but not so good at this with ourselves.  When it comes to our own mistakes, errors, stupidities and such, we are

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I want to walk my own path, but there are multiple goals I want to achieve.  How do I choose? While it is possible to head towards more than one goal at a time, I find it often necessary to prioritize.  Sometimes this is purely organizational, sometimes its to prevent putting the cart before the horse. An important thing we need to acknowledge and take into account before this discussion goes much further – Pathwalking is about the path.  The