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-common sense -intelligence -sense of humor and wit -decency -sensibility -personal depth -natural capacity to respond to beauty -creative consciousness -empathy and sympathy -civility and courtesy -gentleness, kindness and caring -natural innocence, awe, and wonder -natural curiosity -appreciation -institutions that truly … Continue reading →

sells me my T.O.papers every Saturday morning at the corner convenience store. He happily tells me he is going back to India for two months and wonders how life will have changed there with the auto giants and changes to … Continue reading →

If someone hangs on or around long enough, then he or she might finally get what s/he really wants, needs, or deserves.

“Hell is other people.”–Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit Indubitably. One has only to refer to the wisdom of myriad books, plays, and films. Or reflect on the amount of violence and conflict in society leading to such things as abuse, assault, … Continue reading →