How would you improve your community? I am, quite often, an angry, venomous, spiteful person. And I confess this, not out of pride, but awareness. I am, as most in America, untrusting, unkind, confrontational, and very un-Christlike. When asked about what I can do to improve my community, I must think first on the greaterContinue reading “To Grow In Kindness”
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The Sweetness of the Rain
What is your favorite type of weather? With the breeze approaching, and the darkening of the sky, the coming of rain brings a sense of hope and renewal. Rainy weather is a signal to the land, telling the plants to spring forth with abundant new green, and refreshing the animals with vibrant energy. It providesContinue reading “The Sweetness of the Rain”
Live Immediately.
What’s something most people don’t understand? There is no one coming to save you. Your future self is not guaranteed, your time is limited. While you have time, you have work to do to make your world better, and thus better for those around you. Procrastination, putting it off, is only delaying something necessary, somethingContinue reading “Live Immediately.”
Emergency Preparedness Plan: A Multi-Stage Process
Create an emergency preparedness plan. As my regular readers know, preparedness is kinda my thing. I’ve done articles before on disaster preparedness, but today, I’m going to do another one for the algorithm. This will be a multi stage process to help you prepare for the most likely disaster in your area, and then expandContinue reading “Emergency Preparedness Plan: A Multi-Stage Process”
Like.
What is a word you feel that too many people use? It’s become part of common vernacular, in the past twenty years, to add the term “like” intermittently into sentences where it has no relevant place. To explain why I think this is a bad thing, we have to discuss something very important to me:Continue reading “Like.”
The Addicted Society
What would you change about modern society? We are trapped. Directly before you is a nearly complete library of all human knowledge since the dawn of civilization itself. A network or webway of infinite human knowledge. A sharpening system for the sword of the mind. But what was offered up to us as a beaconContinue reading “The Addicted Society”
On Well Being: Four Strategies to Improve Your Health
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? To maintain one’s health is, in my mind, a critical imperative. For both our society as a whole, and for the individual, being healthy bears only benefits. And in a technological era designed to addict us and drag us clawing away from the healthyContinue reading “On Well Being: Four Strategies to Improve Your Health”
Nine to Five: A Sleep Cycle Story
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? I, like most people in their teens through thirties, have a hard time sleeping. Which is weird, because sleep is one of the most important bodily functions for your physical and mental health. Up until about a year ago, I really didn’t understand whatContinue reading “Nine to Five: A Sleep Cycle Story”
The Pain of Doing Nothing
Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive? I feel dull. My eyes are glazed over. I’m exhausted. I’ve done nothing. And I do nothing. The cost of a truly lazy day is this hazy, dull sensation, which can definitely drag you down. I don’t like doing nothing. Specifically, the kind of mindless nothingContinue reading “The Pain of Doing Nothing”
The Watchful Eye
What makes a good neighbor? The awareness of the neighbor is truly one of the greatest of gifts. A neighbor who knows you, and communicates with you regularly, and is aligned with your views, helping you to keep a watchful eye on the neighborhood is always of benefit. Not only do you gain the benefitContinue reading “The Watchful Eye”
Modern Survival Arkansas 