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Tag Archives: personality
Because We Would Rather Be Right Than Be Right With Others
I spend a lot of time engaged in and thinking about conflict. I studied military history not because I’m a very militaristic person, but because conflict is such a fascinating and omnipresent aspect of my existence. And I will own … Continue reading
The Problem Of Contentment
Why is contentment a problem? As with most aspects of godly character, contentment is a middle path between two unacceptable extremes, complacency and covetousness. In our world contentment is rare–we are rarely satisfied with our relationships, with our possessions, with … Continue reading
As We Are
As a person who has always been intuitive and has always sought to understand better, I remember well a hard-earned lesson about how to understand people at their worst (which, sadly, is something I have seen a fair amount in … Continue reading
Quartermaster Duties
It was always somewhat difficult to get stories out of my grandfather, who had been in the Coast Guard for his late teens and early adulthood. Nonetheless, while he was alive I was able to gather that one of his … Continue reading
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Good Luck Pard
Throughout most of my life as a fan of playing cards, I have been far more fond of games that utilize a team approach, like spades or euchre or contract bridge, rather than those that offer an individual approach (unless … Continue reading
It’s The Same Thing Only Different
Readers of my blog, if they delve beyond single articles into the larger body of work that is Edge Induced Cohesion, may be a bit overwhelmed by the large mass of material that exists about a wide variety of subjects. … Continue reading
A Mystic’s Prayer
Those who know me personally will understand that I am not a particularly mystical person by nature. I am intuitive, but I’m not someone who is comfortable with those matters that are too strange and “out-there.” Nonetheless, I had a … Continue reading
Excess Baggage
It is ironic how similar very different perspectives can be about the question of dating. This morning I watched the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. It had been a quirky movie about a guy who has to defeat seven … Continue reading
Days Gone Down
This evening the power went off as I was listening to an obscure but moving rendition of Kyrie Elieson. Instead of the haunting harmonies of the Coptic version of this prayer, which translated means “Lord have mercy,” I got to … Continue reading
The Best Of Frenemies
I don’t have any frenemies myself. I just don’t tend to enjoy being around people I hate or dislike, and when there are people who I have problems with I’d rather avoid them (even if they are in the same … Continue reading
