Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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They Don’t Know Where You’ve Been, God Bless ‘Em
When I was in Nepal trekking up and down the mountains was a tough chore. We would go up 3,000 feet just to go back down the 3,000 feet, and then go back up 2,800 feet. This was life for ten days – tough trekking up and down the Himalayas to reach our destination. As…
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Moving Forward 3, Falling Back 2, But Never Quitting
I remember in school we were given a math problem about a snail in a well. The well was 10 feet deep and the snail was at the bottom. The snail could climb up 3 feet during the day but would fall back 2 feet during the night. The question is how many days does…
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There’s No Normal Life, It’s Just Life
The movie Tombstone is a classic. It is a great story with great actors having Val Kilmer’s Doc Holliday be the ingredient that makes great eggnog even better. It is a movie full of great quotes, many of which come from Doc Holliday. One such quote comes near the end of the movie. Talking with…
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Life Happens, Delays Come, But Never Quit
2017 is here and just like for yourself it came with a list of goals I want to accomplish. Now that we are over two weeks into the new year I have already found myself behind on those goals. It is not for lack of trying but rather for lack of good health. Three days…
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Merry New Year!
Merry New Year! I hope your Christmas and Holidays went well, even if it meant dealing with family for a few days. But that is what family was made for I guess. At any rate I hope 2016 was a good year and 2017 is even better. If 2016 was not a good year for…
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The Motivation When You’re Alone
We have all had those moments when we have been inspired. We may hear a personal story of someone overcoming life-altering obstacles. We may take motivational seminars that help us see ourselves in a different and better light. We may even see others living out a selfless life that inspires us to try to do…
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The Gatlinburg Fire and Our Repsonse
Last Monday’s fire at Chimney Tops 2 that has left now 14 dead and 1,700 buildings damaged or destroyed is one of those events where words fail. How does one adequately describe such an event? Thousands of people displaced, loved ones lost, tokens of memories all gone in a quick 24 hours. Sad is the…
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Living Like You are Thankful
It is Thanksgiving again. The traditional time to give thanks for all the good things we have and all bad that we do not have. We live in America, and while we are having our ideological struggles I am thankful that we are still allowed those struggles and that they are manifest in ideologies rather than…
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What Is It Worth To You?
It is impossible to have it all. Impossible. No matter what anyone says it is impossible. People act like you can – they sell it to you in fashion, in homes, in cars, in movies, in books – they sell it to you because in those worlds of make believe it is possible. Here in…
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Knowing What You Value
We all have things we value. For some they know exactly what they value, others may think they value one thing but value another, still others think they do not really value much but even that they value. What we value says a lot of who we are. That is why it is important to…
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