Just in case we get too wrapped up in our self importance here is a map of the US showing percentages of Orthodox Christians.
What ever our claims, in the US we are actually the flea on the tip of the dog’s tail when it comes to numbers.
Happiness…
is shaped like a “U”, apparently with the middle aged the least happy. I, at just over, am on the up side of the “U”.
Where are you?
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A little fun…
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This explains some things…
A team at UCSF published a study last week that found further evidence that multitasking impedes short-term memory, especially among older adults. Researchers there previously found that distractions of the sort that smart phones and social networks present can hinder long-term memory and mental performance.
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A little late but still wise…
New Year’s resolution’s for bassists. I actually practice most of these.
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It's not that tough…
to comprehend.
If you wish a good life…
Love God
Love everything God has made in the way He would wish it to be loved.
As far as possible live at peace with every person and the creation.
Understand that life is very much more than acquisition and focus on the things that matter.
If it won’t make life better for you or others and/or draw them closer to God its probably not worth it.
The hard part comes in the doing.
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I am being loved…
this morning by the cats. Yet I know that it is a fickle love based entirely on my ability to use a spoon. Without it I would quickly go back to being just a warm spot on the furniture.
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Johnny Cash…
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Maine, apparently…
is the most peaceful state, while Minnesota is 4th. The cold, I think, probably mellows people out and there’s nothing like a good dose of -20 windchill to keep the whole street crime thing down to a dull roar.
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It's good to imagine…
that the American Dream is just that, a dream constructed of things that evaporate in value at the slightest touch of adversity and never last longer, at most, than a lifetime. We baptize this, as Christians, to our peril because it takes us in directions hostile to our soul. To be in union with God, to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to have the basic things in life as we live in the greatest harmony possible with the Creation is all we truly need. If we have this we will probably not gain the whole of this world, but we will not lose our souls.
