Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
One is a question; the other, a declarative statement. The latter of a more subjective nature; the former, perhaps a composite of observations by third parties together with self analysis. Both must begin with a query — of analyzing a statement “about” myself, through others who are well-known as well as of opinions rendered and judgments passed by acquaintances and passersby strangers barely acknowledged. […]
In Greek mythology, he is considered as a god of the oceans. Homer refers to him as the “Old Man of the Sea” and is known for change, adaptation and alteration. He can alter his shape and appearance, depending upon the circumstances surrounding. Changing of forms, of course, becomes the essence of Plato’s philosophy, and Aristotle’s later search for that substratum which allows for continuity and stability. […]
How does one learn it, and if one never recognizes its opposite — inappropriateness — does that then shield one from recognition of its negative consequences? Is it the suddenly silence of the room, the averted eyes of those around, or the pink flush of a blush that suddenly tells of the inappropriateness of what was said, or done? […]
Whether or not childhood fear and traumas have a long-term impact in determinable ways upon reactive capacities later in life; to what extent regularity of behaviors, consistency of habitual living, and early imprinting mechanisms influence subconscious firings of synapses, remains within the mysterious realm of esoteric knowledge investigated and analyzed by the coalescence of science, philosophy and psychology; but it is the lay person who must, during the process of unfolding discovery and wisdom, live the consequences of actions impacted by others. […]