Something must have gone wrong. Lots of people are on their way to the margins. They feel out of sorts. They can’t quite put their finger on why they feel out of sorts, they just feel that way without an explanation. It’s like in the movie, The Matrix. Blue pill, red pill. Aside from the …
“That’s when things got real.” Things have taken a sudden turn for the worse. The exciting part of a story is about to begin. And if you don’t believe that reality is entirely real, there can be a whole world to explore in that saying, like a story within a story. Which kind of goes …
Life can be challenging. It would be great if it weren’t, but no matter how many labor-saving devices we use, how much money we earn, or how lucky we are, there is no escaping how difficult it can be to be alive. We read in history books about what our ancestors had to endure. How …
Here’s a day in the life of someone. It’s always the same: falling out of bed, rushing to the shower, throwing clothes on and grabbing coffee, not getting enough sleep, and maybe hardly eating. No one looks up at the bus stop, their fingers on their phones, texting or talking inanely to unseen people. At …
Have you ever been somewhere and found yourself instantly cringing? You don’t want to look around. Or maybe you do. Someone is yelling at the top of their lungs at someone speaking with a calm, rational voice. You can’t hear the person’s words, so you wonder how it will end. But it doesn’t end, and …
Religion, for many people, is a bore. Old statues, old buildings, older adults, everything is old. People drone on about what they believe. There are substantial yawning spaces between people who do attend religious ceremonies. You can quite rightly wonder if being religious is the answer to our problems; where is everyone? Not too long …