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primal nature

Monday, June 7th, 2010

I started this post a couple weeks ago, but due to illness and other matters, was unable to complete it at this time. Now that those are behind me, I should be back to posting more regularly than the last month or two.

Last week as I was thinking, one of the things I spent some time thinking about was my nature – what is primal to me, if there are things that are so ingrained in my character, or everyday expression of myself in the world that on some level they are inseparable from who I am. As is frequently the case with most questions of great importance, the answer is both yes and no, and both are true. Let me explain. (more…)

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unleashed

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Today is my birthday. According to the calendar, I am another year older. Having said that, it’s unimportant, except that I have decided to do something different today, and for the rest of my life. I have made the decision to live my life the way I want, and today I start putting that into practice.

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improved writing

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css">  </style>Since I’ve gotten this netbook, I’ve done a lot more blogging, writing my entries at lunch and posting them when I get home, or the following morning. I hope you’ve been reading my recent entries, I think they’re some of the best writing I’ve ever done in my life. It’s definitely been some of the most important – important for me, at least. This is some of the deepest thinking I’ve done in a while, about things that make a difference in my life. I mean a fundamental difference, not just superficial or artificial.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/11/18/improved-writing/#more-331">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/passion/" title="View all posts in passion" rel="category tag">passion</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/11/18/improved-writing/#comments" title="Comment on improved writing">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-292"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/03/08/a-moment-of-clarity/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to a moment of clarity">a moment of clarity</a></h3> <small>Sunday, March 8th, 2009</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Have you ever been going along, minding your own business, when something suddenly hits you and changes the way you look at your entire life? I’m not talking about an accident or sudden misfortune, but a shift in perspective that causes what seems like total chaos to re-order itself into something completely different. I had such an experience this morning, and my life will never be the same.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/03/08/a-moment-of-clarity/#more-292">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/trees/" title="View all posts in trees" rel="category tag">trees</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/nature/" title="View all posts in nature" rel="category tag">nature</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/passion/" title="View all posts in passion" rel="category tag">passion</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/metaphysics/" title="View all posts in metaphysics" rel="category tag">metaphysics</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2009/03/08/a-moment-of-clarity/#respond" title="Comment on a moment of clarity">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-190"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/02/12/self-honesty/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to self honesty">self honesty</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, February 12th, 2008</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I’ve realized a few things over the last week or two, things that have forever changed the way I look at myself. I once thought my calling in this life was to be a healer. I can finally admit to myself that I’m wrong, and that that’s not really what I want.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/02/12/self-honesty/#more-190">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/passion/" title="View all posts in passion" rel="category tag">passion</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2008/02/12/self-honesty/#comments" title="Comment on self honesty">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-169"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2007/12/06/2008/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 2008">2008</a></h3> <small>Thursday, December 6th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I know it’s a little early to be talking about next year, but as much as I wanted to write another post, this one keeps thrusting its way into my consciousness, demanding to be written.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2007/12/06/2008/#more-169">(more…)</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/life/" title="View all posts in life" rel="category tag">life</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag">writing</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/photography/" title="View all posts in photography" rel="category tag">photography</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/change/" title="View all posts in change" rel="category tag">change</a>, <a href="http://www.phagos.org/category/passion/" title="View all posts in passion" rel="category tag">passion</a> | <a href="http://www.phagos.org/2007/12/06/2008/#comments" title="Comment on 2008">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-166"><a href="http://www.phagos.org/2007/11/25/still-breathing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to still breathing">still breathing</a></h3> <small>Sunday, November 25th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I’ll tell you right up front - this is going to be a long post, because we’re going on a trip of sorts, to connect the dots to make my point. 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