Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Looking Beyond the Lens
I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to do the things I have done, to have visited the places I have went to. Like many others I try to take pictures of where I have been and what I have done but I don’t always get the pictures I want.
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Thankful I Can Be Thankful
Hi everyone. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I know mine was a good one. Though I didn’t get to see all my family I got the chance to see some and to meet my new niece, which was a great visit. I hope yours was just as good.
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Life… It’s Not Just About You
In this life it is easy to become selfish. We do have to think about ourselves fairly often – what we will eat, what we will wear, where we will live, who will be our friends, what job/career we will have, what hobbies or interests we will pursue.
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The Only Fair in Life is the County Fair
I remember going to the county fair one year when I was about ten or eleven. We didn’t have the means to go very often but the first year the Gravitron came to town I was there. After eating a corn dog my mom suggested I ride the Gravitron.
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Complain or Conquer? Your Choice
Two weekends ago I started working on my front flower bed area. My plan is to take it front just a mound of dirt to a three-tiered planter with nice shrubs. You may remember, two weekends ago it was hot and dry. The ground was very hard due to…
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O Captain! My Captain!
Language and literature can be a beautiful thing. It can evoke happiness and joy, it can provide encouragement and resolve, it can soothe heartache and provide words when one cannot find the words. There is a mighty power in words and when used wisely they can transform us.
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Live the Fun Life, Not Just the High Life
The other day a friend sent me a video about an elevator marathon. While it wasn’t as funny as other things they have done it was still enjoyable to watch simply because it was people having good fun. And I like that, I enjoy seeing others enjoying themselves. I like hearing others laugh…
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Protected: You Can Do More Than You Think
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Only The Curious Have Something to Find
A few years ago the band Nickel Creek put out a song titled This Side. It’s a great song with a great video. One line in the song is “Only the curious have something to find.” Ever since the first time I heard the song that line has been…
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Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder
We are a very jaded society. There is not denying it. Even when something as awesome as going to the moon is neglected by society by the third mission there is one word to use, jaded. This is not good. It is rather it is very sad. Apollo 13 was going
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