I am impressed with the social media displays of personal resilience in the face of our common yet uncommon troubles. I see landscapes that ground us. I see paintings that express us. I see humor that refills us. I see poems that reframe us in our world, and hear music that reminds us of ourContinue reading “Personal Resilience”
Author Archives: Randal B. Adcock
Averting Civil Collapse
I often need to frame my discussions in the broad context. We are value generators relentlessly pursuing top return on investment in a layered framework of valued options. There is no value without truth, and no truth without meaning. Meanings are based on placing the foreground against background context. I will continue and try harderContinue reading “Averting Civil Collapse”
Psych Shop
Dear Diary: Historically when we can’t explain a blessing, we call it a miracle and thank our gods. When we can’t explain a tragedy, we call it a curse and blame our demons. When people behave with goodness, we call them saints. No explanation is needed. When they behave badly we call them stupid orContinue reading “Psych Shop”
Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning?
Worst Case Scenario:Critical anchoring ideas may become dislodged from our shared worldviews causing disordered thinking and profound chaos Just toying with some ideas. I am not trying to scare anyone. I merely suggest a level of preparedness for more to come. Maybe there is a solution if we admit the problem.We live within a semanticContinue reading “Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning?”
Making Sense
Dear Diary: Are we over-estimating or under-estimating the chaos of the day’s world? I know I risk losing friends for spilling my truth. Alas, the time has come to reveal. We say we follow the science, yet we usually choose the science that validates our suspicions and assumption. Why? Because we are animals, not divineContinue reading “Making Sense”
The Year to Come
Dear Diary: I clearly remember thinking about 2020 at various points in my life. “What would life be like?” Not only does 2020 play on perfect vision, but for me it signifies another iconic figure — 65. I’ll be turning 65 this coming summer , turning to a new phase in life. Typically one isContinue reading “The Year to Come”
Go Deep
Dear Diary: When the surface is choppy, go deep! Laws of Nature say that ‘energy takes the path of least resistance’. It’s called ‘momentum’. It also applies to all lifeforms. Living organisms make paths, or habits, around the best returns on investment. That’s why we mimic each other. We usually exploit the road more traveledContinue reading “Go Deep”
Mindful
Dear Diary: You and I are one in pursuit of mindfulness. We breathe easy. We have eaten and are full. Now in rest we listen to a dove’s whisper. It calls to a higher place, a place of meaningfulness. Not more goods, or things. Not more busy work. But more play and creation. It whispersContinue reading “Mindful”
No Time, Like the Present
Dear Diary: Just a thought… The future is not real. It has not yet happened. It resides only in our faulty imaginations. The past is not real. It has already happened. It resides only in our feeble memories. The present is real, but awful darned short. If it resides where the nonexistent future meets theContinue reading “No Time, Like the Present”
The Old Path to a New Normal
Dear Diary:I believe the path to any new normal begins inside each of us. We are each on our own personal journeys. This has always been true.Each day we create ourselves anew.We bring forward our best self and leave the residue behind, like shedding our skins.Each day each person reconnects with the others with whomContinue reading “The Old Path to a New Normal”
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