Meaning and belief
People seek meaning through belief, a major reason why they cling so tenaciously to belief, even in the face of evidence to the contrary.
Read MoreAuthor: Bob Adamcik
On shame…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Oct 17, 2018 | Human Nature, identity, Notes, Self-image, The self, Values | 1 |
It occurs to me this morning that shame is perhaps the most powerful of emotions, more so than any other. Certainly is is the most unappreciated. Shame goes to the core of our self image, or perhaps to the image we present to...
Read MoreReflecting on John McCain…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Aug 25, 2018 | Death, Human Nature, Mortality, Notes, Search | 0 |
The one thing we all agree on is the finality of death… .
Read MoreIt pays to wait, because you don’t always know what you want…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jul 22, 2018 | Expectations, Notes, Search, Uncategorized | 0 |
This is purely a personal insight, so as to remember something: I sit with a drink looking at the painting I finally got from Miguel, and think of the five years I spent waiting for it. And I think of all his other works I...
Read MoreArt…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | Jul 21, 2018 | Contentment, Notes, Search, Uncategorized | 0 |
I’m looking at the drawing I just received from my artist friend, Miguel Perez, in Madrid. It’s on the floor in my living room, leaning against a table in front of the wall space I’ve reserved for it for five...
Read More“Why, oh why did you wander…?”
Posted by Bob Adamcik | May 30, 2018 | Contentment, Happiness, Human Nature, identity, Notes, Self-image | 0 |
That last post brings to mind the old bluegrass song… So, if I who am so attached to and nested in my personal space, am still willing (nay, compelled) to take off anyway, the question is, “Why?” And I am not...
Read MoreCreatures of habit…
Posted by Bob Adamcik | May 30, 2018 | Contentment, Human Nature, Notes, Search | 0 |
Back home last evening, after six weeks traipsing around Portugal and Spain and Southern France. I wake up in the early morning here and fall into my old rituals…opening the house to the day, black coffee in the quiet...
Read MoreI can listen to arguments all day long…
…but they don’t change a thing. The idea of dying makes me sad for simple pleasures I will no longer have. Yes, I’ve heard it: “No brain, no memories.” But I hope my own brain ticks along until it...
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