Category: witness
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Being Watched
It is my understanding that people behave better when they believe they are being watched. They don’t have to actually be watched for them to censor behavior that they wouldn’t do while being watched. This is why I am pro God whether there is a God or not. A person who puts his hand on…
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Wrong 2
I got accused of black and white thinking today for saying some things are objectively wrong. Rape is wrong no matter how many people are doing it and how a society justifies it. Slavery is objectively wrong. While 99.99% of human history is full of slaves and it has been justified by most until very…
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Neighborly Neighbors
We have a soda can crusher mounted on the garage wall. It had a couple of zip ties around the arms. Little did I know but they were functional not just weirdly decorative. You see the zip ties broke and the arms fell apart. I did not have any zip ties so I tried to…
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Changing the Lightbulb
There’s an old joke: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but it will take a long time, cost a lot of money, and the lightbulb has to really want to change. Change is hard. It’s harder if we resist it. Sometimes resisting change is the correct thing to do.…
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Vicariously
I was never subjected to any form of substantial abuse until I joined the military. That was abuse that I volunteered to receive. My childhood was very safe physically. But my parents took in kids that had received substantial abuse. I still wrestle with the psychological effects of being near other children who had been…
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All Through the Night
Hark a solemn bell is ringing Clear through the night Thou my love art heavenward winging Fast through the night Earthly dust from off thee shaken Soul immortal thou shall waken With thy last dim journey taken Home through the night
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Windchimes
My phone doesn’t like the word windchimes. The spell checker doesn’t think it’s a real word. Today I took a picture of our lilac bush which is just starting to bloom. I was sitting on the porch and our windchimes are in the shot. When I tried to share the image my text got flagged…
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Taking a Walk
I went for a walk today to look at the river. It was bright, cold, and windy. Surprisingly there were quite a few people out and I actually talked to other humans. I took some pictures of the high waters and made it home dry.
Latter Day Sinner 