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A Matter of Trust

September 14, 2023 by Jon Douglas

As I get older, I realize there are problems in life that you cannot solve. I’m not saying that package management is an impossible problem, but it is more so like politics or nature. Package management is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying …

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Light One Candle

September 11, 2023 by Jon Douglas

One of the harsh realities is realizing your character flaws as an adult. I’ve been a chronic complainer for many years of my life. It is the easiest thing to do in most situations. The world is constantly complaining, what does it hurt if one more person does it? The problem with one complaint is …

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Little Dark Age

September 6, 2023 by Jon Douglas

These last couple years of my life have been the most rewarding and most difficult. Life has continued to give me lemons, but at the crutch that I no longer want lemons, I want my health. I’ve been going through a little dark age. A page that I would love to burn out of the …

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The Stress of Life

June 15, 2023 by Jon Douglas

Have you ever been told to shut up and you repress your true feelings? Have you done that each time you’ve encountered an especially stressful event in your life? Soon enough you have mastered the ability to disassociate. Congratulations, you’ve now become comfortably numb to the pain inside. I’ve always had heightened emotions. As a …

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Writing in Flux

May 31, 2023 by Jon Douglas

Why is it that the ancient philosophers and spiritual thinkers refused to write down their ideas? Socrates never wrote a book, the Buddha, Jesus, nor Confucius either. Perhaps it was their oral tradition where the transmission of knowledge happened through communication and socialization.  The constant discourse, dialogues, and storytelling that we contemporaries reflect upon and …

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Staying Power

May 30, 2023 by Jon Douglas

Life is stressful. Nobody can escape stress, but we can become more aware of it. Stress develops in three stages: 1. The alarm reaction 2. The stage of resistance 3. The stage of exhaustion Everyone goes through these three stages constantly through their lives. Jobs get stressful and push us to the brink of burnout …

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Humility is Not Humiliation

May 24, 2023 by Jon Douglas

The strongest and most brilliant individuals I know have two things in common. The first is they are kind. Always going out of their way to help others. The second is they are humble. Always bringing their accomplishments down to earth.  One thing I have noticed however is that there seems to be a tendency …

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Save Your Soul

May 18, 2023 by Jon Douglas

Something has had me in constant pain for the last few years. I’m constantly reaching for the life inside me and in doing so, the inner energy has brought on immense discomfort. Just a few years ago, I believe I had an ego death. I found myself a successful, overachiever with everything I ever wanted …

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Plato’s Metals

May 12, 2023 by Jon Douglas

Plato wrote that human beings are just like precious metals (gold, silver, and bronze), and come from the earth. That any person can be made of these three different metals and can alchemize into a higher or lower metal throughout their lives. Gold people are exceptional. They are the kings and leaders in the early …

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Offer Your Light

May 9, 2023 by Jon Douglas

This year has been deep with spiritual practice. While recovering from a chronic illness and having my recent doctor’s appointment two years later clear me of PASC/long covid, I have found another perspective from my previous logical self. That perspective is simple. That some things just cannot be explained. I learned this the hard way …

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