Category: Philosophy & Musings

All too often, gratitude seems overly transactional and justification-heavy—I have to be grateful FOR something.  I prefer to appreciate. I feel stilted and awkward if I try to express gratitude for the clump of bushes on a roadside median, but I can easily appreciate the green color and easy arrangement, the hum of my car…

When it comes to absolute truth, there is little I’m convinced of aside from the existence of mystery, wonder, and an underlying benevolence that runs through reality. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on Kindle…

I believe once a man acquires enough Big Dick Energy, he can either become a raging narcissist or abide like the Dude.  Personally, I prefer the Dude. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on Kindle…

At the deepest level, I believe our perceptions of reality are rough mirrors of what’s to come. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on Kindle here:  Vol. 3 on Kindle  Vol.4 on Kindle here:  Vol. 4 on…

Have faith in the little steps and keep your eyes open for the big leaps forward.  That’s the balance between audacity and discipline. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on Kindle here:  Vol. 3 on…

When I obsess over importance, I twist my perception into agonized knots.  When I relax into the knowledge that everything fades, I enjoy the flow of luck and life.  Sure, I may have to act as if things are critical (I love taking part in the ongoing game) but my state of mind is easy…

Judgment is fun.  Comparison is good.  They’re illusory games where I size up values, trading pros and cons like chips or tokens. But when I forget they’re games, they become obsessive tyrants.  I wasn’t born so I could chase after “perfect.”  I walk this earth so I can enjoy the unfolding of time and space.…

Rather than focusing on letting it go, I find it’s more productive to focus on letting it flow.  It goes on its own. Get Kor’Thank here:  Kor’Thank:  Barbarian Valley Girl.  Get Echo Vol. 1 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle  Vol. 3 on Kindle here:  Vol. 3 on…

I used to hoard “evidence,” making the case for this or that based on a jenga tower of past experience.  I grew increasingly frustrated as irony reared its ugly head—most of the time, my well-laid plans turned out far differently than I initially expected. So now, the evidence appears to indicate that plans are useful…

Did we come into being to suffer and toil?  To sacrifice and endure within a limited set of physical senses?  Outwardly, that seems to be the case. But inwardly, it seems that mystics and luminaries say we needn’t be bound by drudgery and pain, and that in point of fact, we never actually were.  If…