"The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live." ~ Leo Buscaglia…

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  

"Genius is perseverance in disguise" ~ Mike Newlin

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Chapter 11 : The Preacher The Teacher

This week's instalment of The Threshold Series revolves around Bernard Sturn and features Veshtar, the almost barren land also known as the radioactive planet.

As the chapter begins, the illustrious physicist is enjoying a cup of green tea in his office, reviewing the events of the day while he waits for his newly hired assistant, Frank Evans, to join him…

I have always been a fan of movies, I, myself, own a ton of them, so whenever I am looking to escape the world for a few hours and relax, I pop one in.

Yesterday I chose the Last Samurai, I realize that the way things that are depicted in movies are not so much the way they are in history but I am intrigued with the way they have the Samurai in this one.

Tom Cruise portrays a guilt ridden army captain, who feels so bad about a past choice that he…

We may ask our self “the big question” from time to time: “Why are we here?”

It lends itself to a philosophical and spiritual study.

We may even find a few answers along the way:

“To learn and to grow.”

“To experience life.”

“Because there is a lot to see and do.”

“To learn we are a part of everything else.”

“Just lucky, I guess.”

Perhaps this most difficult…

As a psychiatrist, I realize that comparing is a natural tendency we all have. It can be absolutely neutral, as when you merely evaluate similarities and differences. Such comparison is essential for astute reasoning. It’s also productive if you’re inspired to emulate another’s impressive traits. However, it becomes dysfunctional when it stirs envy and jealousy, if you judge yourself as better as or less than others. Think about it: without comparisons jealousy and envy couldn’t exist.…

I look past the traffic

Look past the man-made structures

Of brick and mortar

I look past

Look up

Look behind

And I see LIFE…

I see the blanker of trees in the background

Several still green

But so many in the shift and change

Some half way there

Blotchy green and gold combined

Some pale yellow ochre

They've begun their shift

            But still have a bit of change left to come

Some…

During the month of April of 2011, international Latin rock star Robi Draco Rosa announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer. Unlike most cancer patients in the U.S., he chose the non-traditional so-called Burzynski therapy and as of today, only a year after his diagnosis, three of his four cancerous tumors are gone.  The irony: the life-saving therapy that he chose has been the object of persistent litigation and persecution by…