Mental Health

  • Sober x 14 Years

    “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I can see clearly now. I can feel life now. I know my… Continue reading

    Sober x 14 Years
  • Broken

    America is broken. It prompts the question: was it ever not broken? According to the MAGA crowd, there was a time when it was great—a nation that inspired praise and intense patriotism and loyalty.         There was a time in… Continue reading

    Broken
  • Ok Boomer

    Ok, I’ve never quite understood the whole “insult” thing between Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) and everyone who came after us: Gen Xers and Millennials, or Generation Z (Wikipedia). I read that there is a new generation called Generation… Continue reading

    Ok Boomer
  • The Luckiest Person Alive

    Luck > Noun [mass noun] success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one’s own action. Oxford English Dictionary. Not to diminish all the hard work I’ve put in over the years to succeed and fail—sometimes it feels… Continue reading

    The Luckiest Person Alive
  • Nervous Breakdown

    I don’t know about you, but I think something is terribly wrong. I think the people of the United States of America are having a nervous breakdown. Every day you hear/read/see stories about hate/violence/anger/really hateful anger/with words and guns/knives/cars, all… Continue reading

    Nervous Breakdown
  • Contradictions

    Ignore The Rules Dicktator Teach Patriotism Blackout The Truth Arms Race Prioritize Life Hunt Anti-Christians Fiction Deport Illegals Euro Nation Fire Federal Workers Strangle Oversight Smash Regulations We Die End EPA Who Cares Dump Social Security Let Old People Die… Continue reading

    Contradictions
  • CHAOS.

    I’m reviewing my memory disks(I mean U.S. history) traveling way backbefore my time when the world=CHAOS. Colonialism ImperialismSlavery GenocideExploitationWorkers of the WorldUnite(no one is going to protect you)the color of your skinthe skin of your color(the first U.S. Civil War)=CHAOS.… Continue reading

    CHAOS.
  • Suicide by Living

    This poem is based on an incident I witnessed while visiting San Francisco. This is not a slam against the city. This could have been any city or town in America. There is something wrong with a nation where anyone,… Continue reading

    Suicide by Living
  • Simple

    “Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand.” –Dr. Seuss. Oh, it’s that time of the year again when everyone reminisces about their life, their year, their family and friends while celebrating… Continue reading

    Simple
  • What I Learned from my Recent Birthday Weekend

    I recently celebrated my seventy-sixth birthday (76) by heading down and back up the coast to and from San Diego. It was two brief days, but I came home with some wonderful lessons. Often, doing nothing is good for the… Continue reading

    What I Learned from my Recent Birthday Weekend