Category Archives: Personal

How Your Phone Rewires Your Brain

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Luke Ford

I’ve been taking a break from streaming. I’ve been affected by Fred Luskin, he talks about how your phone, or your epersonality, hijacks your central nervous system and reduces your ability to love real people. My 21 years of blogging … Continue reading →

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A Place For You

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Luke Ford

I just thought of a four-word phrase that sums up my approach to politics, sociology, recovery, self-help, spirituality, God and religion: “A place for you.” We deserve a place to feel at home. Government policies should promote that. People should … Continue reading →

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Is It Your Place?

Posted on July 12, 2020 by Luke Ford

In the early years of my conversion to Judaism (1994-1995), when I was filled with enthusiasm and ready to tell off other Jews for doing Judaism wrong, Dennis Prager would sometimes say to me, “Is it your place to do … Continue reading →

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We Depend Upon The Tolerance Of Others

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Luke Ford

If you infuriate people, they will retaliate. No man is an island. We depend upon others. If you antagonize people, they will make your life hell and drive you out. To live a good life, we need the tolerance of … Continue reading →

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‘I Need You’

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Luke Ford

“I need you like the flower needs the rain You know I need you, guess I’ll start it all again You know I need you like the winter needs the spring You know I need you, I need you” (America, … Continue reading →

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