Tag Archives: Lessons on Living
The Thousand Year Journey Jedidiah Jenkins offers up some inspiring wisdom for those of us seeking deeper meaning in life: Follow Jedidiah on Instagram
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August 22, 2017
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Words To Live By I’m sharing this video because as a 4 minute reflection, it may very well be the most profound thing you listen to this month, for the next six months, or perhaps even this whole year. In … Continue reading
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April 16, 2017
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In Search of Self
In Search of Self Over the years I’ve learned that the most potent of personal feelings can be the most consoling and relatable to other people who are going through their own hardships. So without even knowing it, you can … Continue reading
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On Labels and Identity
On Labels and Identity Want to read something awkward and extremely personal? You know you want to, but if you don’t want to know about my sex life you should probably stop reading right here. Oh look at you continuing … Continue reading
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More Than Just Friends
More Than Just Friends Someone told me one night that I write because it’s how I come to understand things. That through my writing I come to terms with things that once tormented me or what continues to torment, perplex … Continue reading
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Ubiquitous
Ubiquitous After nine years of living in my own self-created prison, locked away deep inside of myself, a place darkened by self-hatred, denial, fear, shame, and many other things, I opened the steel door that had long been my burden … Continue reading
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The Four Cornerstones
“To be loved is to be acknowledged as existing.” – Thich Nhat Hanh The Four Cornerstones The older I get the more I realize the difficulty of long-term social attachment. By that I mean relationships. The way we see things … Continue reading
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Crash
September 11, 2013 I crashed my car in July. About two hours/100 miles from home, on my way to my vacation destination. Physically there was no way I would have really been killed, it just wasn’t that type of collision. … Continue reading
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Anger, Violence, Death, and Regret
“No man is angry that feels not himself hurt.” – Sir Francis Bacon Anger, Violence, Death, and Regret I remember many years ago, when I had just begun my teenage years. Back in those days, and earlier, I had an affinity … Continue reading
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If You Could Only See
(Please note that this piece was written prior to the Federal Supreme Court decision ruling it unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples the right to marry.) For a very long time, I’ve wanted to be able to write something that spelled … Continue reading
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Lemmings and Other Things
October 8, 2011 I was talking to a friend of mine this past week about how fear and misunderstanding lead to a negative impact on minority groups. About how inequality and ignorance still run rampant in our society and about … Continue reading
The Man In The Mirror
July 17, 2011 “The man who never learns to face himself, will never know what it means to be free.” The Man In The Mirror I ask myself why it bothers me so much that there are groups of people … Continue reading
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Orientation: A Two-Thousand Word Essay
June 5, 2011 I ask myself whether we need to know and some people would say that it doesn’t matter, but for me it is important to know because to know or understand it, is to know or understand myself. … Continue reading
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Two Journeys, One Life
March 27, 2011 I was born on the 14th of November 1985 to Catholic German Americans. On one August night in the year 1996, a black hand would descend upon me, leaving behind a scar that would forever alter the … Continue reading
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Keep You: Part Two
March 19, 2011 You are so shy and so quiet, never wanting to be noticed. Painfully introverted, you carry out entire conversations in your head, conversations you will probably never honestly have. Your lips moving, but the sounds never come … Continue reading
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Keep You: Part One
February 27, 2011 You grew up out in a rural part of the state of Missouri. You consider yourself a small town guy, you know a lot of people, but you hold onto a few close friends. Most of the people you … Continue reading
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A Letter on the Intrinsic Threads of the Human Heart
October 2, 2010 Dear Whomever, For half a decade I have been sharing my deepest and often times my darkest thoughts with anyone who has wandered onto my path. I have shared my life, my private thoughts and my most … Continue reading
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Autumn Calls You Home
September 30, 2010 Autumn Calls You Home Summer has ended. Autumn has arrived. The change in the weather can’t be ignored. The wind blows colder and the mornings feel damp and brisk. The leaves are already beginning to change, the … Continue reading
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To Die In A Closet
“It never ceases to disappoint me how someone will be your friend, if only you will stand in the corner with a bag over your head. How can you call someone a friend if they embrace you in private, but … Continue reading
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Depression and Iron: A Love Story
February 28, 2010 Many years ago I picked up a barbell for the first time after watching my brothers do the same. It only weighed between 10 and 20 lbs, but this one instance would lead to many more for … Continue reading
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A Little Something on Self-Acceptance
December 8, 2009 I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that I love who I am and what I am as a person, as a human being and as a man. And while I say that I accept … Continue reading
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The Great Rift of the Global Soul
February 2009 One of the greatest things that I have ever learned was from some of the most meek people in the world… monks. Again and again like the waves lapping against the shore of my mind, I am awakened … Continue reading
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Messages
August 2007 Message # 1 Stuart, Thanks for contacting me on these matters. The Baha’i Faith has played an important role in my life, not because I am a member (as I decided not to join), but because I have … Continue reading
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The Interconnectedness of Religion and Philosophy
March 2007 I once wrote, “To say that all faiths are wrong, but your own, is to say that you truely do not understand the greatness of God.” It wasn’t until much later on that I realized how profound that … Continue reading
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To be Acknowledged as Existing
To be Acknowledged as Existing 7,432 Americans will wake up today to what will be their last day alive, most of whom will not know this ahead of time. According to the American mortality rate published in 2016 by the … Continue reading →