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Are You Playing or Are You Dead?

  Go ahead, ask a kid what he likes to do. He says, “I like to play”. What do you do when you’re not playing? “What do you mean?” the kid might…

  Go ahead, ask a kid what he likes to do. He says, “I like to play”. What do you do when you’re not playing? “What do you mean?” the kid might say, “I play some more”. A kid can take a ROCK and then play with it. “Kick the rock”. I’ll tell you the […]

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THE POWER OF FIVE

Sometimes I feel like I’m engulfed in red flames. I don’t want to be afraid or anxious any more. There are two banks to the river: on one bank are all the regrets,…

Sometimes I feel like I’m engulfed in red flames. I don’t want to be afraid or anxious any more. There are two banks to the river: on one bank are all the regrets, guilt…past. On the other bank are all the worries, anxieties…future. I lived most of my life on the bottom of the river, clinging […]

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Be Nice to Strangers

“Did the mailman have red hair?” said the man in front of me on line, implying that my  ex-wife had sex with a mailman and then she had my daughter, who has …

“Did the mailman have red hair?” said the man in front of me on line, implying that my  ex-wife had sex with a mailman and then she had my daughter, who has  bright orange hair. We were on line to get ice cream. I was with my illegitimate bastard and the guy was a total […]

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The Cure for the Emotional Flu

  It’s hard to live. To digest. To get a job. To find someone to love. To find someone who loves you back. People make a lot of money trying to solve…

  It’s hard to live. To digest. To get a job. To find someone to love. To find someone who loves you back. People make a lot of money trying to solve all of the above problems. They sell packages for $19.95 a month and then people like me forget to unsubscribe. At the end […]

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How To Hug

I didn’t have my first kiss until I was 18. I didn’t even have my first hug until I was 18. My parents never hugged or kissed. That’s ok. I’m not saying…

I didn’t have my first kiss until I was 18. I didn’t even have my first hug until I was 18. My parents never hugged or kissed. That’s ok. I’m not saying this in a sob story sort of way. I feel blessed that I was never hugged or kissed as a child. Many people […]

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How To Become a Jedi Knight

In 2005 I was going to go out of business (again). My biggest investor had to pull out. His business had failed. He had a nervous twitch and whenever I ran into…

In 2005 I was going to go out of business (again). My biggest investor had to pull out. His business had failed. He had a nervous twitch and whenever I ran into him he was constantly twitching, “I need my money back,” he told me. But I didn’t have it I had invested it. It […]

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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Reinventing Yourself

Here are the rules: I’ve been at zero a few times, come back a few times, and done it over and over. I’ve started entire new careers. People who knew me then, don’t…

Here are the rules: I’ve been at zero a few times, come back a few times, and done it over and over. I’ve started entire new careers. People who knew me then, don’t me now. And so on. I’ve had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been […]

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