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Tao Te Ching Day 69 😆: Step by Step

The struggle is real some days. And it is not a struggle like, oh life is so complex, or problems are unmanageable, but damn, somedays it feels like it. Have you ever been in a situation where everything is seemingly just fine, yet you find yourself full of anxiety, unsure of how you will beContinue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 69 😆: Step by Step”

Tao Te Ching Day 53: Thankful

There are many sick people in the world, and I realized today that my job is not to heal any of them. My only job is to get myself healthy enough as to not become sick in their presence. 

Tao Te Ching Day 19: War

I realized not long ago that the world is as sick as I find myself to be. Am I at odds with me? A question that should not need asking, as I am me, and I should rightly know the answer. Yet, the human mind is a tricky place, it creates so many worm holes,Continue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 19: War”

Tao Te Ching Day 16: The Teacher is Always Present

I was at a jump park with my kids the other day and one of the attractions there was a ninja warrior course, with a foam drop pit. Written on the very top of this course was the saying, “Bow to your Sensei.” It hit me like a bolt of lighting wrapped around a 2×4Continue reading “Tao Te Ching Day 16: The Teacher is Always Present”

Justice: A Brutal Sword

I am enamored at all the cries for justice as of late. Not that its not necessary that crimes have punishments but that the judges have become the irrational mob. The unjust ones serving justice. Screaming, “Justice for all” while smashing, burning and even killing seems so far off base. Yet these things are beingContinue reading “Justice: A Brutal Sword”

Are You Willing To Suck?

Hello there, my name is Matt.  I am in a state of upheaval and chaotic mental insanity. What’s your name? Last night after all my praying an meditating, my meetings and writing. After all the talking and work I had done spiritually, I wanted to lose my mind.  I wanted it to just poof andContinue reading “Are You Willing To Suck?”

Depressed and Alone

As a species, we spend our lives looking up for meaning and looking to the stars in wonder and question. Are we alone? Is this all there is? Am I all there is? The question has bothered me for some time now, as I struggled with Depression and the feeling of being alone. It’s strangeContinue reading “Depressed and Alone”

Spinning Out of Control: How to Stop the Madness. Heavily edited;)

I am so happy I have a place now.  A place for my thoughts and ideas, for my stresses and concerns, a place for my problems my solutions. This morning, my mind was filled with more thoughts and ambition than I knew what to do with.  It happens sometimes, that I get to working onContinue reading “Spinning Out of Control: How to Stop the Madness. Heavily edited;)”