by Monk Anchorwind | 18 Dec, 2024 | Introspective |
2024 : A Year of Courage In Review My theme for 2024 was ‘A Year of Courage.’ It followed themes of Forgiveness, Intention, Healing, Introspection, and The Ten Years of Tragedy. As I watch the cold November December rain, I take a moment to reflect on how this...
by Monk Anchorwind | 18 Nov, 2024 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, The “Middle Class” is a lie. One of the most effective strategies ever devised in terms of how to solve a problem involving people is ‘divide and conquer.’ The USA has effectively been a thinly veiled oligarchy for some time, and the dyed-in-the-wool...
by Monk Anchorwind | 14 Nov, 2024 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, I’ve said for a few years now ‘Hope is the Mechanism for Meaning.’ In the math equation, ‘a + b = c’ Hope is ‘b.’ You decide what you want to try to accomplish (‘c’), and what you are left with is you and the effort you put in (‘a’). However, what...
by Monk Anchorwind | 7 Nov, 2024 | Observational |
America likes to pretend itself to be a ‘shining city upon a hill.’ What the predominately rich white men and their partners don’t want you to notice are all the slums under and surrounding the hill from where the wealth is extracted. The...
by Monk Anchorwind | 22 Jun, 2024 | Observational |
Dear Diary, Let’s Talk about Male Loneliness I decided half a year ago 2024 would be ‘The Year of Courage.’ I don’t remember what that meant when I initially made the decision, but it has manifested into me trying to ‘find my...
by Monk Anchorwind | 12 Jun, 2024 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, The Late George Carlin taught us, ‘The quality of our thoughts can only be as good as the quality of our language.’ This one idea is something I’ve been thinking about since some time in my childhood when I was first introduced to it. Thoughts are how we...
by Monk Anchorwind | 7 Jun, 2024 | Inspirational |
Mantra Meditation, in my opinion, is one of the most effective forms of meditation. Let us engage in a quick refresher: What is Meditation? Meditation is any of a family of techniques we actively do wherein our intentions and our actions align. What is a Mantra? ...
by Monk Anchorwind | 17 May, 2024 | Inspirational |
A significant source of stress we have in our busy, western lives is the volume of ‘stuff’ we try to pack into our days. What is the relationship between the quantity of activity and the quality of enjoyment? It is often negative beyond a certain threshold, but it...
by Monk Anchorwind | 27 Apr, 2023 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Reciprocity? Yes – but of what? Dear Diary, I’ve lacked reciprocity in my relationships for ages. I’ve tried to correct this through gentle but direct confrontation, but ultimately I’ve had to let people go because I’d...
by Monk Anchorwind | 3 Apr, 2023 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, The Death and Resurrection of Youth Dear Diary, what is youth? An adage states, ‘youth is wasted on the young.’ Is youth referring to energy gradually fading away as one ages? Where does such energy originate? Youth is hope; youth is the...
