According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, communication is “a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.” A common system? Given the billions of humans on Earth and the variety of physical environments, governments, social classes and religions in which we grow up, is it any wonder that…
I had planned to blog about a truly universe-sized pondering today. As I am posting rather late in the day, however, and I’m going to want feedback on that particular post, I’ve decided to blog about something rather insignificant. And yet, it still kind of blows my mind! I’m talking about how many ways there…
Photo courtesy of: www.smosh.com As I lay in bed contemplating the next day’s post, absentmindedly checking my email via the dimly lit screen of my iPhone, it occurs to me: Are so busy trying to keep up with technology we no longer have time for warm-blooded, real live relationships? I roll out of bed; I…
It’s been one of those days. A bit stressful, a bit hurried… you understand. According to Merriam-Webster being shallow means: Having little extension inward or backward. Penetrating only the easily or quickly perceived. Lacking in depth of knowledge, thought, or feeling. Displacing comparatively little air. Displacing comparatively little air? Is it me, or does being shallow…
I’m reading a book about a woman who gets transported 200 years in the past. She’s a nurse from the 1940’s who has spent several years tending to war victims. Truthfully, I have issues with this book—on sooooo many levels. However, for its genre, it is well written… I guess. Okay, I’ll admit, it’s a…
As the saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Yet, how often do we decide to change something that, to all extent and purposes, was perfectly fine in the first place? What led me to ponder this? My hair! I had what every girl dreams of, the perfect hairstyle. It was easy to…