We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live.

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Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into...

Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into...

The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media...

The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media...

We are all, right now, living the life we choose.

We are all, right now, living the life we choose.

Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about...

Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about...

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of...

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of...

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about,...

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about,...

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.

Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it...

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it...

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of...

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of...

Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we...

Our thoughts create our reality - where we put our focus is the direction we...

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

Fear is something to be moved through, not something to be turned from.

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do....

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do....

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real...

Everyone thinks they can be a writer. Most people don't understand what's involved. The real...

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of...

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of...

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.

Guilt is anger directed at ourselves.

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on...

The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on...