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Category Archives: Philosophy-Psychology
Blogging Explained . . .
. . . by New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Dan Pink. When, for the vast majority of us, blogging makes no economic sense whatsoever, why do we persist regardless? One: Purpose. Two: Autonomy. Three: Mastery. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy-Psychology
Tagged Dan Pink, motivation, Occupy Corporations, purpose
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Adaptability With Integrity
I was on the phone this morning with a professional whose job it is to save me from myself. He was suggesting to me that there is such a thing as a “strong” person. Poor man. I must be quite … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy-Psychology, Things Cats, Humans Do
Tagged adaptability, battle of the beds, integrity
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Fog Does Lift
In the unsettling, unseasonable heat that is this first of April – Where, fully one month too soon, the lettuce is already bolting – Bugsy is having tummy issues again. And I myself have fumbled into the freefloating anxiety that … Continue reading
Posted in Empathy, Kindness, Music, Philosophy-Psychology, Things Cats, Humans Do
Tagged anxiety, betrayal, bewilderment, cats, change, climate crisis, confusion, digestion, trust, unseasonable spring
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Left-Brain Right-Brain Boogaloo
Bugs is amazed to hear that humans may actually understand something important after all. Fang is, like, whatever. (Bean’s grandmother never had any doubts on that score.) Devote eleven minutes to this wonderfully fun and informative video, about what left-brain-right-brain … Continue reading
How Much Is Enough?
That’s what’s got my goat, this dark rainy morning. We need rain – but too much, like last year, is just plain scary. We need self-confidence – but too much, and we lapse into arrogance. We need freedom and autonomy … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy-Psychology, Pictures, Things Cats, Humans Do
Tagged cats, enough, play
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The Big Stick
I like to begin my day with a calm mind. This morning, though, I was unsettled to hear from Bean that some amongst you believe that cat-hood is not necessarily measured pointy-side up. This is just plain wrong. Have you … Continue reading
Posted in Kindness, Philosophy-Psychology, Things Cats, Humans Do
Tagged cats, humor, martial arts, meditation, Realpolitik, Theodore Roosevelt, United States
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Kindness : The Real Deal
Now that the big holiday is over, this kindness series wouldn’t be complete without a little griping on my part. You know me. Kindness, without the actual feeling to back it up, is an empty bromide. (I like the brainiac … Continue reading
Posted in Empathy, Kindness, Philosophy-Psychology, Pictures, Uncategorized
Tagged Billy Crystal, cats, Dog, Great Dane, Guide dog, kind-i-ness, kind-ishness, kindness, Lily, Maddison, Stephen Colbert, vacuous bromide
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Nonviolence : The Question
The other day a blogger-friend posted news of one of her cats having been injured in a feline-fight. I responded there, in one of my annoying amusing edgy-jokey moods, recommending that the injured cat should bone up on his nonviolence … Continue reading
Posted in Empathy, Philosophy-Psychology, Things Cats, Humans Do, Uncategorized
Tagged amygdala, cat, compassion, cortex, empathy, Hitler, just war, learning, limbic system, Marshall Rosenberg, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, neurotransmitter, Nonviolence, Nonviolent Communication, protective use of force, Violence
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