Today has felt a bit like a test of the positive attitude I was trying to develop yesterday. When I think about everything that I have felt "tested" with, it almost all seems so trivial. I haven't been able to play up the positivity like yesterday but I also haven't sunk to my usual annoyed self either ( Read more... )

I have a horrible tendency to complain alot. I don't blame anything or anyone else either, I blame myself for anything I'm upset about, which also leads to a considerable amount of guilt.  Today I have been making my best effort to be as positive as possible. When people ask me how I'm doing, I have been saying "great!" and after a cheerful ( Read more... )

I do not criticize religious belief or spirituality, because I think it is an important aspect to be integrated in our lives. But the more I read, the more I become aware of the limits of religion, or maybe religiosity as it comes in contrast with the trendier term spirituality, for the concept of being religious with less concern for dogma. The ( Read more... )

I'm feeling pretty good about going to lunch with the whole "gang" here at work today. If I indeed receive a job offer from WMT then getting together like this is a good way to really enjoy what time I have left with my new friends that are great to work with and joke around with, who I've been able to develop strong bonds with in this short period ( Read more... )

when I'm at Big Apple Bagel (or anywhere for that matter) and the lady waiting on me is so nice and we have our superficial conversation - then I go into solitary mode when I start eating, and then reading and listening to music - but when I leave and she's saying goodbye to me, I now find it terribly annoying and with more energy than even when I ( Read more... )

Someone may be heroic, or extremely dignified, a bonified "good" person, but the bounds of that heroism are never understood until that hero puts him/herself in harms way.

R.I.P. Professor Liviu Librescu of VTech

I can only hope to be that brave someday.

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