We live in an impatient world. We are used to instant gratification or easy access to all commodities we would need (and almost all we would want). We are constantly being told we deserve the best, fastest service in every industry from drive-thru coffee, vending machines for movies, to self-checkouts at grocery store. This makes…
Social Media: Beauty or Beast? Part 2
As I wrote yesterday, the internet's social medias can be a beautiful thing, connecting us to those we care about even if they are miles away. But the internet's social medias can also be a beast. They can cause a burden of responsibility, a lack of privacy, distractibility, hollowness, and discontentment. The internet's social media…
A story definition of self-judgement
A few weeks ago I had one of those days that sent me into a stressed, frustrated fit. Luke and I had taken time to relax most of the weekend and now it was time to get some business done. Unfortunately nothing seemed to go right. We both had our independent “tasks” to accomplish. But…
Judgement-Free Living: An Introduction
My subtitle for the category: Transcend, is: learning what it’s like to live nut-free, barley-free, and judgment free. To transcend as my Transcend page states is: a : to rise above or go beyond the limits of b : to triumph over the negative or restrictive aspects of : overcome So far I have provided some yummy examples of how I choose to transcend…