What positive emotion do you feel most often? What positive emotion do I feel most often? The brief answer is peace of mind. It is not the emotion that I experience when I first awaken. It always follows any number of negative emotions which try to control me or defeat […]
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If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go? There are so many lands all over God’s creation that I would love to visit. If given two free plane tickets, at least in the foreseeable present, I would take those tickets to the airport and exchange them for […]
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How would you describe yourself to someone? “Before you attack me, hear me out,” Benito says to his best friend Val. “Why does this suddenly fill me with anxiety?” “Okay, you know I think you are the kindest, selfless person I know, right?” Val’s forehead wrinkles, his eyes narrow, and […]
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What would you change about modern society? My first response was a question. What characterizes modern society? What distinguishes modern society from past societies? I discovered that many of the differences between past and modern is that many of the problems in today’s world like climate, technology, education, social media, […]
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What do you listen to while you work? I enjoy listening to music anytime – while I’m eating my PB&J snack, for example. Of course, while I do yard work, while I draw or paint, clean house, exercise, or do other physical tasks, I like to listen to music. While […]
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What’s your go-to comfort food? School is dismissed for the day. My brother and I live 150 yards away. There’s school work and musical instrument practice to do or to say I’ve done before Dad gets home. But we just left the rigors of schoolwork only minutes ago. I need […]
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What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why? I spend way too much time playing XBox 360 NBA 2K17 My Career. There it is. Out in the open. My Career player is Josh Crockett, nicknamed the “Doctor” because he now has a degree in Psychiatry which he practices during […]
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What bothers you and why? Quick answer: oppression. I define oppression as a state of being under someone or something else’s power or control. Parents can be oppressive. Spouses can be oppressive. Religious leaders can be oppressors. I believe the oppressed don’t know. Their oppressor guilts them or shames them […]
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On what subject(s) are you an authority? He comes every day. He always sits quietly in or near the back of the room. He laughs at everyone’s jokes, but is never ever huddled with but always just nearby. He seems shy if someone tries to fold him into the group. […]
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