by Monk Anchorwind | 27 Sep, 2018 | Introspective |
In May of 2009 I asked: “is how you are treated a guideline on how you should treat yourself?” It was Alone Series #7 (Self Guidelines), and I was fresh out of service; I was more lost in the world than I am now, but my level of desperation may be the...
by Monk Anchorwind | 10 Sep, 2018 | Inspirational, Introspective |
September 11th 2001, the day the world changed forever. Like the Kennedy assassination, it is the kind of day so pivotal that virtually everyone remembers where they were that day. I was 18 in 2001, had just graduated high school, in NY, and was working 3 jobs at...
by Monk Anchorwind | 16 Mar, 2017 | Introspective |
Is knowledge memory? If we say we know something, do we also have to say we remember it? We can know we did something without actually remembering doing it. Could we just have fooled ourselves? When I was younger, I know I would take a plastic cup and mix my own...
by Monk Anchorwind | 10 Mar, 2017 | Introspective |
I often walk along the road less travelled. It used to bother me considerably. I felt alienated from people because who I am and what I thought were so frequently in the minority that I felt there must be something wrong with me. There are still plenty of things...
by Monk Anchorwind | 25 Jul, 2016 | Introspective |
Of Emotions and Stoicism — Sometimes, I think I am in control of how I feel. Sometimes, I think I can preempt how I will react to something – I can simulate it in my mind and soften the blow enough to where I don’t feel anymore. God knows I’ve...
by Monk Anchorwind | 24 Jul, 2016 | Introspective |
Craftsmen and Singular Passions ——– Music is absolutely essential to my life in the way that anything could be without actually being in the same category as food, shelter, etc. Some people are really into sports, or food, or cars, so on and so...
by Monk Anchorwind | 22 Apr, 2016 | Introspective, Observational |
I was recently called a ‘music junkie.’ I found the statement odd. I neither agree nor disagree, it just caught my attention. Am I? I might be. For that matter, though, what am I? Who am I? I sit in a room, a house, devoid of color and integrity. By that,...
by Monk Anchorwind | 15 Apr, 2016 | Introspective |
I lost a battle with my own anger. It, more than: loneliness, sadness, depression, anxiety, lack of a will to live, confusion, memory loss, or disability, erodes my normal rational being. Anger is an actionable emotion. It inspires me to do things, and I find myself...
by Monk Anchorwind | 12 Nov, 2015 | Introspective
I had a dream. I had a dream and that dream gave me a home. That home gave me a purpose. That purpose gave me goals. Those goals gave me ambition. That ambition gave me energy. All that energy gave me hope. At the heart of hope was a dream and when we held that...
by Monk Anchorwind | 12 May, 2015 | Introspective
ORB: Lessons and Progress What have I learned from ORB? Quite a bit, actually. First, though, let’s look at the name. Operation: a coordinated, planned, action or set of actions. Reset: a return to a previous state. Button: a device that, when pressed, is...
