Words i heard last night. Not the kind of thing that feels great coming from someone who has a history of giving you a hard time or trolling you on social media, but something you learn to get over quickly and pull out the thick skin for. "Your very presence is violent." But what if it comes from one of your best friends? And what if you suspect they might be right? [Disclaimer: Now i imagine [...]
If you're never offended, you're probably dead. i remember hearing an excellent preach by my friend Albert, a Korean-American pastor in Americaland, on the subject of intolerance. He suggested that we are all intolerant, but that we choose what to be intolerant towards. If you believe in a clean and appealing neighbourhood or city, then you will rightly be intolerant towards litter. If you believe in the basic human right of living, then you will [...]
i wrote a brief piece about Entitlement the other day [check it out by clicking here if you haven't yet] and then i had coffee with my friend Megan. Who told me what i already knew that the first post was just touching the tip of the iceberg and needed to go a lot deeper, but then gave me some excellent examples. i do also feel that for those of you that have been engaging [...]
so i have been going to gym, with my good friend from across the street, Coe aka Cobra [aka creator of the most powerful beast in the world - the Snuck - it's a snake, but it looks like a duck so you think it's all cute and innocent and go to stroke it, but watch out, it's a SNAKE!!!] [disclaimer: Coe has not actually created any Snucks as of yet so back of PETA, [...]
i shoveled snow this morning for the first time and it was quite enjoyable and i imagine i could never shovel snow again and be quite happy - it was a fleeting novelty for sure. altho i know that if it snows tomorrow i will have to shovel snow again. it will not be enuff that i shoveled it today. i cannot live off the memory of yesterday's shoveled snow. the same is true with [...]
looking at life-transforming changes you can bring to yourself in 2012, here is another great idea: if you sneak your car in front of me when i am in a long line of traffic heading towards the off-ramp, i can respond in two ways - swear loudly and flip you the finger while holding my hand down on the hooter [horn to the americanese!] or i can choose to smile and give you the spot [...]
