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Soulful Sundays: Mundanity
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." ~Oscar Wilde The University of Pennsylvania's Angela Duckworth is...
Blake Storey
Apr 7, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Hurricane Eye
"Nonresistance is one of the principles of Aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds...
Blake Storey
Mar 31, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Tipping Point
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.." ~Albert Einstein A "giant" is a move in gymnastics...
Blake Storey
Mar 24, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Resulting
“Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.” - The Old Man and...
Blake Storey
Mar 17, 20243 min read


Soulful Sundays: Time Marches On
"In three words, I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." - Robert Frost Time's Rhymes Sound Around. Sunrise....
Blake Storey
Mar 10, 20241 min read


Soulful Sundays: Abundance
“If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.” -Mark Twain The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is neither...
Blake Storey
Mar 3, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Pride
"True words aren't eloquent; eloquent words aren't true. Wise men don't need to prove their point; men who need to prove their point...
Blake Storey
Feb 25, 20243 min read


Soulful Sundays: Presence
“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time:...
Blake Storey
Feb 18, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Here Be Dragons
In Sterquiliniis Invenitur (Latin): "In filth, it will be found." The Philosopher's Stone was the most prized substance in the world of...
Blake Storey
Feb 11, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Ambiguity
"Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity." -Sigmund Freud One of the first principles of Taoism (and therefore Chinese medicine)...
Blake Storey
Jan 28, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Hope
In the bitter cold I turn the knob To let the water trickle Just enough to not freeze. It reminds me of hope And how little is needed To...
Blake Storey
Jan 21, 20241 min read


Soulful Sundays: Net Worth
"Comparison is the thief of joy." -Teddy Roosevelt School grades. Income brackets. Spheres of influence. Political clout. Job security....
Blake Storey
Jan 14, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: Use the Difficulty
"When life gives you lemons, learn to juggle." -Anonymous There is a secret place that exists in the heart of all humans. In this place,...
Blake Storey
Jan 7, 20242 min read


Soulful Sundays: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Alice: “What road do I take?” Cheshire Cat: “Where do you want to go?” Alice: “I don’t know." Cheshire Cat: "Then, it really doesn’t...
Blake Storey
Dec 31, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: A Visit to CHM
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the clinic, Not a sound could be heard, not even the background spa music; Barbells...
Blake Storey
Dec 24, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Grace
"The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries...
Blake Storey
Dec 17, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Extra-Version
"The unexamined life is not worth living." -Socrates "Don't believe everything you think." -Joseph Nguyen I am very comfortable doing...
Blake Storey
Dec 10, 20233 min read


Soulful Sundays: Confidence
"Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position, but certainty is an absurd one. " -Voltaire "We don't rise to the level of our expectations,...
Blake Storey
Dec 3, 20231 min read


Soulful Sundays: The Precedent-ial Debate
"How you do anything is how you do everything." -Martha Beck If I were to ask you to give me a list of the things that you value most,...
Blake Storey
Nov 26, 20232 min read


Soulful Sundays: Dry Spell
"What is the opposite of abundance? It's not scarcity. It's greed. Greed is the belief that there is not enough for everyone, so you'd...
Blake Storey
Nov 19, 20232 min read
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