Uncategorized Archives - Smiling Anyway https://smilinganyway.com/category/uncategorized/ Look for the good Fri, 05 Aug 2022 01:02:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 We’re not being tested. We’re being taught. https://smilinganyway.com/were-not-being-tested-were-being-taught/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 01:01:59 +0000 https://smilinganyway.com/?p=446 For years I’ve struggled with the western perspective that we are being judged or given a test by a divine being. A test where passing means heaven and failing means eternal damnation. A test for which we are (all) wholly unprepared.  Indeed, those who adhere to their religions will say that we are taught through …

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]]> Paths that come together https://smilinganyway.com/paths-that-come-together/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:34:35 +0000 https://smilinganyway.com/?p=417 Your happiness depends on no other; the responsibility is yours alone. But recognize when your path to happiness joins the path of another, that is when the magic happens. The highs are much higher and the lows are much softer. Where these paths join together is where love happens.

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]]> Firearms and the legislation https://smilinganyway.com/firearms-and-the-legislation/ Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:18:56 +0000 https://smilinganyway.com/?p=354 In view of the discussion around gun control, I looked back a bit to see what some of the milestones regarding gun control were.  Today we argue about our founding fathers being of the mind to allow anything, we argue about the “new push” for gun control, we argue about what people 50 years ago …

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]]> Look to fight for something, rather than seek something to fight against https://smilinganyway.com/fight-for-something-rather-than-seek-something-fight/ Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:21:10 +0000 https://smilinganyway.com/?p=207 For two months I have seen and heard a lot of despair. People are upset in the extreme because of the election and they are gearing up to fight against Donald Trump. I think this is a mistake. Eight years ago, when President Obama took office, and again four years later, there was an equally …

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