Ditching conventional marriage ideas is key to a fulfilling relationship — “Get married and have a family if you want to be truly happy.” How many times have you heard this? “(It’s) something which all humans must seek and secure in order to be happy and content.” Similar advice abounds from many corners of society: family, religion, entertainment, education. …

It’s more than a one-time phenomena — June 5th: Do you believe in true love? Why or why not? Complex ideas can be simplified so we can understand them better. Heck, isn’t that what some of us do here as an avocation? …

Some fears are well-founded — June 4th: What are you most afraid of, and why? When someone says “amazing inventions” what comes to mind? Cool technology, right? Things like the Gutenberg press, electricity, and the car. These material creations have transformed the world but immaterial creations have transformed it even more: the idea of gravity…

Oh, to be a titan of the mind — June 3rd: You are a superhero for the day — what’s your power? What do you do? Conventional superheroes are all dash and flash; endlessly beautiful, effortlessly fit, and dripping with allure. …

And insight transforms just about everything — June 2: Who was your favorite teacher or mentor growing up, and why? “Don’t worry about the flames, it’ll cook faster!” The doubt etched on the faces of the other Scouts said otherwise. Turns out, they were right. Flames six inches higher than the grill didn’t cook the chicken faster…

There’s nowhere to go but up — June 1st: What’s one thing you’re grateful for today? My mornings are dark, early, and full of pain. An invisible knife pierces my eye, swallowing means grinding sand into the raw tissue of my throat and hunger pains slice me front and back. Just another typical morning. Miserable, I fight…

Do These 2 Things Every Time You Work — Imagine you lived in a mental prison where you could never stop working. If you ever became good enough you could stop, but not today. Work was the only thing that gave you even a hope of being good. When you stopped working you fell behind and the voice in…

A tale of the child in all of us and how we understand — The autumn night was the kind you hope for but rarely get. Cool air graced the breeze and a clear sky gentled dark blue to black on the relaxed drive back home from our Friday night trip to Dairy Queen. My three young sons in the car lapped at their…