Tag: experience
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Real and Necessary
Today started with a struggle. Stephanie went on vacation and the boys are a handful on my own. But she came home early because she found herself and didn’t like the experience of being completely alone. But the struggle turned into gratitude for each other.
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Assassin
When I was about thirteen I walked home from school in a very dirty area. There were hundreds of bottles on the ground. I played D&D a lot at the time and so made up a game based on the levels for a player character assassin. Every bottle I broke I gave myself 100 experience…
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My Best Teachers
What makes a teacher great? My favorite teachers in high school were for choir and theater. I like when someone lets me be creative in my learning. Experience is the best teacher though. I learn from doing. I’ve never liked sitting in a classroom and being expected to just absorb information. Maybe that’s why choir…
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Getting on my Nerves
What makes you nervous? There’s a quote from Ronald Reagan that goes, “The nine most frightening words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” But it’s not just government that frightens me. All manner of bureaucracy and red tape make me nervous. I have met too many petty…
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Who’s to Blame?
Are you holding a grudge? About? I don’t have any grudges against people except possibly myself. I constantly perseverate over the dumb things I have done in my life. From the little things I shouldn’t have done to the things I wish I had said. I think it’s a common experience to be harder on…
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Europe
Traveling from home. When I was in high school, my uncle flew all over the world professionally. His employer paid all the airfare, so he built up a bunch of frequent flyer miles that he didn’t need. He offered them to me so I could take a week long trip to Germany. I had been…
Latter Day Sinner 