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Voting with my Heart

I was eating breakfast with a friend of mine the other day and our discussion turned to presidential politics. We talked about who we were thinking of voting for for president in the upcoming primaries. I mentioned to him that I was leaning towards John Edwards (he had not yet dropped out of the race) […]

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The Truth of Loosely Holding

I want to write just a little about my sister Loretta. We adopted each other several years back after the passing of her brother (my friend) Rosevelt. She is a dear hearted woman, but she’s really more than that – she’s actually very real too. She says it like it is, and isn’t afraid to […]

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Interesting Quote

Any borrowed truth is a lie.Unless it is experienced by you, it is never the truth. Osho This seems to fit with some that I’ve been discovering on this quest, that the closest I seem to get to what feels like the truth comes from an internal feeling of what’s true, which seems to be […]

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The Heart’s role in Truth and “I Don’t Know”

Just a short post to note that I’ve been thinking alot about truth lately, especially in light of a message from a friend who mentioned how loaded that word can be. What I think is becoming much more clear is that Truth is not really a thinking/cognitive thing but it’s really a heart thing. The […]

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YahooTruth

I just did a search for Truth and got the following sponsor links. Apparently, I’ve been looking for truth in all the wrong places: Truth of Truth of Online. Shop Target.com. www.Target.com Meet Women for Sex (18+) Find 1000s of Women in Your Area & Meet Tonight! 100% Free Reviews. AdultDating-Secrets.com On Truth at Amazon.com […]

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Butterfly, You Surprise Me

I remember a long time ago now sailing with my father and his wife off the coast of the Dominican Republic. Although there were swells, the wind was low so the sea was actually very calm. We came across a butterfly lying still, floating on the surface of the ocean, and I thought to myself, […]

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Self-Confirming Ignorance

Something has been bothering me lately and it has to do with the vast chasm between what we think we know and what we actually know. I’ve been noticing my (and others’) tendency to believe something to be true and then seek out facts to confirm what s already believed. A simple example is that […]

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The Truth of Aloneness

I’ve noticed lately that it can be difficult to bring up difficult topics with other people for discussion. This often happens in relationship for me and sometimes in business situations as well. I write about it here, because in many ways it feels directly related to truth. If the truth is not spoken, even if […]