Keeping hope alive is a materially ineffective pursuit. You may recall this phrase from civil rights activist and presidential candidate Reverend Jesse Jackson. What contributes to the impotency of keeping hope alive is the nature of hope itself. Hope is passive. Typically said in finance in reference to trading the market, but also used elsewhere,…
With the advent of Artificial Intelligence or AI, and the conditions of late-stage capitalism more and more workers are being left out of the proverbial camp. Being a contributing member of society in some countries is becoming or has become the new ideal. In America for example, the American dream was typically historically a house,…
What fires you up? What creates a sense of urgency in you? When you act on what matters to you, you are exhibiting determination. Being determined is a life essential. It’s a posture of purpose. When you apply determination things get done. This can be an off-putting reality about effort. When you apply yourself you…
You are you. In fact you are so you that there will never be another you. You are unique in that everything that makes you, you can’t be replicated. Imitated, sure. Derived from, probably. But one to one, apple to apple, and orange to orange is impossible. One time I had this friend of a…
In psychology there is a human behavior identified as projection. Projection is when a person instead of admitting to and owning their feelings, emotions, and beliefs blame or abdicate that responsibility to some other noun. For example, let’s say you wear your hair a certain way, and someone you know almost always has some type…
Support starts in the family. A family is the built in support system of life. That’s where your sense of self starts. If support wasn’t important nature wouldn’t have made it our natural disposition. Support lends itself to your survival in a number of ways. Having the right support can be the difference maker between…
This week has been pretty significant for the highest court in the land in the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States on the week of June 25, 2023, effectively ended Affirmative Action and blocked President Joe Biden’s Student loan forgiveness plan. These two rulings are following their 2022 decision to overturn Roe…
Justice is divine in nature. You are a spiritual being having a physical experience. Your ability to create stems from the supreme creator. Justice is a product of divine creativity. Your morals contribute to the degree at which you shine with the reflection of God. Justice is just doing. Doing justly towards your fellow human(s)…
The hardest thing to accomplish is inner peace. The absurdity of life is everlasting. Jesus tells us that in this world we will struggle and or have trials but that he has overcome those things. How does one overcome life’s barrage of trials? One of the interesting things about Jesus is that he is fully…
You generate your belief through your behavior. You show that you believe something while simultaneously strengthening that belief “muscle.” The more you demonstrate your belief the more that belief codifies within you. What you think translates into what you do, which affirms what you believe. This looks like someone thinking they can’t get ahead, acting…