Architects of Ruin

In times of uncertainty and stress, people most often find ways to attribute the unease of life to external factors.  The problem with this is that external factors are rarely the cause of the problems.  If traced back to the source, it is one’s own self.  Nobody wants to admit that they are the designers of their own hardships…their own shackles.  Nevertheless, this is the case the majority of the time. Read More…

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This post was written by Michael on March 15, 2006

The Best Laid Plans

Let me start with an apology.  There will most likely be typos and this won’t be my normal quality of rant.  I haven’t slept in roughly 38 hours.  I’m exhausted.  I really needed to get some of this off my chest after a few things I watched last night, though. Read More…

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This post was written by Michael on February 26, 2006

Mother Culture and Politics

A long drive is amazingly conducive to deep thoughts.  I found my self considering all of the recent developments in my life…say…over the last 8 months.  There’s been a lot of ups and downs during this period and more than a little confusion since words and actions of others have often been in contradiction of each other.  Over the past couple of months I’ve been slowly working on getting back into focus on my path.  This past month it’s been even more of a priority.  There have already been some pretty impressive results in this increased focus.  I’m overall much happier than I have been in a while.  That isn’t to say I wasn’t happy during some of the times during the past 8 months…but overall I wasn’t happy because I couldn’t have what I wanted.  I’ve moved past that, I’ve woken from a very long sleep.  I’m not sure the world is ready for that. Read More…

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This post was written by Michael on February 17, 2006

Human Race

Many people would be loath to admit to having the thoughts and feelings I plan to discuss.  I suppose that I cannot really blame them.  The world today is a mass of confusion running on clumsy feet moving in too many directions at once.  I do not claim the ability to change the world myself.  I am but one person.  The world is populated, though, by a plethora of one persons. Read More…

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This post was written by Michael on February 12, 2006