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Category Archives: Personal
Few People Can Handle Unlimited Amounts Of Humiliation
Every day that Joe Biden stays in office, he seems to increase his humiliation. We all depend upon others to support our narratives. I’m a convert to Orthodox Judaism. If no Orthodox Jew supported my transition, I couldn’t sustain my … Continue reading
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‘You’ll Only Learn Through Pain’
When my father saw that I was stuck in some self-destructive pattern and I wouldn’t listen to him, he’d often say to me, “Life is going to have some hard lessons for you. Perhaps you’ll only learn through pain.” He … Continue reading
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5 Reasons Why People DON’T Understand You
Much of my life I have felt misunderstood. These have not been periods of my life when I felt on the right track. For me, feeling misunderstood correlates with losing at life. The following explanations ring true. They match my … Continue reading
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What Do We Mean When We Say A Person Has ‘Good Energy’?
People often tell me that I have “good energy.” What does that mean? I think it means that I love keeping it real. “Someone else shaming you for being wrong almost definitely has way more about them than about you,” … Continue reading
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The Best Of 2015
I was looking at some of my 2015 Facebook posts and I enjoyed these: * I’m asking a representative sample of different groups, “Do you have any pictures of your sister?” and I will be charting their reactions. Which group … Continue reading
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Staunching Psychic Wounds
If we were walking down the street, and I was cracking jokes while blood poured out of my side, you might say, “Luke, these jokes are all well and good, but I think you should go to the hospital.” People … Continue reading
Exhausting
I get a stream of requests from people to do things for them that they can easily do for themselves via a Google search, such as links to videos, books and essays. These requests are the most innocuous things in … Continue reading
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My Rules For Life
Stephen J. James talked in his May 5 video about doing a show on “Luke Ford’s 12 Rules for Life.” So I started thinking about my rules for my life and my principles for decoding reality. * Clean your room. … Continue reading
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Joining the Dance vs Analyzing the Dance (4-14-23)
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