Tag: death
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Christmas Cynicism
If you’ve spent much time with me online you know that I have grave and growing concerns about Christianity. Today I watched A Muppet Christmas Carol. Near the end Scrooge wipes the snow off his own gravestone to reveal his name. He begs the ghost of Christmas future that it will not be so. But…
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Chemicals
I’m feeling off today. I’ve been taking my psych meds at erratic times and in the past couple of weeks I’ve been self medicating. I’m too old to be treating my body like a chemistry experiment. And it’s not like anyone actually wants to party with me. I’m not feeling very nice. I mean that…
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Sleep Hygiene
It has become apparent that I need better sleep hygiene. I stay up until early in the morning and then have trouble waking up because of the Theory of Duh. I am aware of the problem however I am not yet committed to a solution. With many of my health issues I wait until I…
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Getting Older
We are all rushing toward death. Some days I can feel that more than others. The ride hasn’t been a gentle one for me. It’s always something. Perhaps I am not an outlier. Everyone works and everyone worries. I should not make that into a competition but I usually do. My life hasn’t been bad…
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Mice and Ants
We occasionally get a mouse in the house. They don’t last long though. Magic will kill them and apparently so will Ether. Stephanie described how the other day Ether was “playing” with a mouse. It was alive and he was tossing it into the air and catching it. I’m not particularly worried about mice though…
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The Sabbath is for Man
Today I have rested. I haven’t been to church in months because that is anything but restful. I still kick myself for being less productive. Did the gods rest? Do they? Or is divinity 24/7? Men need rest. We are finite and fragile. The eternal and the sublime may recede in certain times and places…
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Life and Death
The two professions that immediately come to mind that I admire are medics and soldiers. They are both called to work in life and death situations. Small mistakes can have large consequences. I don’t think I could handle that stress of having someone else’s life in my hand and I am impressed with the people…
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A Choice of Life or Death
I ponder 2 Nephi 2 again today. “27 Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and…
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With Age Comes Wisdom
What do you think gets better with age? If you use your brain your whole life you will use it better in your old age than you did in your youth. There are exceptions of course but the reason old men and women are forced to retire is that we become more dangerous as the…
Latter Day Sinner 