I Have an Honesty Problem

No, it's not what you think. I'm not a liar. It's just that I thought honesty meant virtue. I've recently realized that I'm too honest, because telling the truth isn't always flattering or pretty. We just returned from a vacation to the Black Hills in South Dakota (as evidence by my new header photo in…

Friday Philosophy

  Truth is not defined by political power nor by religious conviction. Jesus was not guilty of a crime merely because Temple authorities and Pilate's sentence declared that he was; just as the sun did not revolve around the earth merely because the...Church for centuries decreed that it did. Truth is not determined by human…

Lens

What lens are we looking through when we view the rest of the world? Are we upset and seeing situations through a veil of worries or hurt feelings? By paying attention to the lens we look through, we can change our minds and change our experiences. We are made in the image of our Creator,…

Got Truth?

I miss the truth ... the very good, the bad and the ugly of it. Where did truth go? Is it hiding beneath the dirt, buried by those who fear it? If so, how do I dig it out? If I find where it’s buried, will the forces-that-be do something to stop me before I…

End of Week Wisdom

Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation, because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth, then to refine themselves. ~ Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon This is a little preview for the topic of a blog post coming up on Monday.

Wednesday Wisdom

Failure is delay, but not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead-end street ~ William Arthur Ward For more quotes, see my quotes page.

Random Thoughts

                                       I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.                                      ~ Al Pacino as Tony Montana in Scarface. ~ Some people will believe anything. ~ Some people hear what they want to hear and not necessarily what's really being said. ~ Sometimes when people accuse someone else of something, they are projecting their own…