A “like” by one of my LInkedIn connections highlighted an “interesting” coming together of an assortment of things that (probably) is only “interesting” (or perhaps significant) to me. The reason that it has made its way into the blog is not so much because of the article itself but because it is such a good illustration of things “coming together” in a specific way, for a specific person.
Cognition
A Lesson Learned (On Being Stuck)
I’ve started on my newest online creation – partially inspired by the making memories series of posts here – to create a bit of a “life history” – a treasure trove of memories (probably real and imagined if you have read some of my previous writing on the subject) – a pot-pourri of little highlights (and possibly some lowlights) of my life.
The Psychopath Test
This book is described as ‘comical’ and full of ‘belly laughs’ – hmmm… – I have to admit that although there were many quite funny descriptions, the overall feeling I got from the tales that was told was one of concern about the “state of mind” of many of those written about – on both sides of the “psychopath” wall. The very Catch-22 situation that “Tony” found himself in I think typified the whole book’s message.
Everything Changes
Although I have written many words in this blog (and elsewhere) that express my ideas on assorted subjects it would still be fair to say that my underlying mantra on what it all means is “I don’t know” – which perhaps is just as well as it reinforces the purposes of the blog. All of my ideas/thoughts/beliefs are – as far as I am concerned – interim ones which might be superceded tomorrow – or next week – or few years from now – or perhaps even before I finish writing this sentence.
You Don’t Know Me!
The subject of memories continues to throw up new nuances. The trigger for today’s musing is hearing (a number of times about a number of different people) “I didn’t know that X used to….” – its a phrase that is heard a lot these days.
What Do We Leave Behind?
None of us is immortal – as someone (probably lots of people) once said “everybody dies” – although few know beforehand exactly when that is going to happen. A seemingly growing trend is to generate a “bucket list” – things to do before I die – always assuming I get round to them in time that is…. The longer the list, the less chance that you will actually complete it!
On Being Misunderstood
Actually – it would be more accurate to say that I was NOT understood rather than I was MISunderstood!! However, the former more often than not leads to the latter. It has happened twice today already – actually probably more than that as those are just the ones that I KNOW about!!
Drama With A Hefty Dose of Reality
Whenever something dramatic happens there is a (very natural) tendency to treat it as “all bad” or “all good” – a mistake surely as it is extremely rare that any event hits either of those extremes, even more so when the event is far reaching either by dint of the number of people affected or due to the length of time involved. Rather there will be a mixture of good consequences and bad ones – all of which need to be taken account of to determine whether the event was beneficial or detrimental in the long term to the wider community.
Are You Happy With Your Profile Picture?
On social media, is your profile picture how you see yourself or how you want others to see you?
A Modicum Of Doubt
Many say it is of vital importance to hold true to your beliefs. Belief is a concept that is central to “being human”. I would like to suggest that it is more important to have doubts. That Doubt is not so much central to “being” as to “becoming”.