One of my favourite themes for books and movies involves a dystopia. Definition: “…an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.” It is not the suffering I enjoy about this theme. For me it is the futuristic setting. I get a glimpse into …
Maybe you have heard the expression: “Ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth.” I seem to be the epitome of an example of someone whom never seems to learn certain lessons. It believe that I have come to learn and embrace certain truths. This includes facing painful truths about myself – …
When I went to Taiwan with my family our intention was to be missionaries in China. The plan was to land in Taipei, Taiwan where we could get some orientation and prepare for going into China. We had booked our flights through a travel agent (this was in August 2000 before most used online bookings) …
Some of you may be familiar with the Serenity Prayer: God grant me theSerenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can, andWisdom to know the difference. Twelve Step Programs (For more history and the more complete versions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer) Here I present a variation: I oftentimes need to remind myself …
Something that I have struggled with my whole life is remembering names, especially of people I meet. This past couple of years I have made an effort to remember names and three things have helped me: 1) One thing that really helped me start remembering names is deciding I have been living a lie – …
I am Another concept relates to being ‘exceptional.’ I always have a big problem with this and it is part of my cognitive behavior. For some reason I think things only happen to me, or or wonder why something happened to me. It is a negative thought process, a type of sabotage as described by …
There is a slogan from Dr. Low of Recovery International that we learn as part of out cognitive behavior training (CBT) that states, “Lower you expectations and your performance will rise.” The basic idea behind this slogan is that if you set lower goals for yourself or lower what you expect to receive or achieve …
Something I learned from being involved in Recovery International and practicing cognitive behavioral training (CBT) is the concept of ‘muscle memory.’ Muscle memory is the idea that ‘Your muscles teach your brain a higher set of values’, something taught by Dr. Low who founded Recovery International and who pioneered CBT. As a segway, most people …
I have several hobbies. One of the most recent hobbies is guitar building. See my post(s) on that topic for more details. Another even newer one is investing in cryptocurrency. Again, please see my posts on that subject if you are interested. I haven’t explored this topic on here yet but plan to in the …
Here I would like to take a moment to introduce a recent hobby: guitar building. I started into guitar building in 2019 when I moved to an attic apartment on Napier Street in Sarnia. I used the second bedroom as a workshop for the sake of sanding and refinishing as well as the soldering needed …
