Early Retirement for Injured Federal Employees
Bringing up the very concept itself implies that the opposite exists: That of “perfect” lives. We perhaps attribute the existence of such; perhaps it is the same line of thought processes which persuades us by the Ontological argument for the existence of God: God is that than which nothing greater can be thought of; To exist is greater than not to exist; therefore, […]
Most of us think that we are the opposite of the designated, “Photogenic Individual”. Setting aside those who crave to be in every picture (including the egomaniacal and perversely pervasive “selfies” which are posted daily and minute-by-minute), the picture we want to see, the photograph we would care to share and the image we would want to be presented to friends, family, third parties and others — they are rarely captured accurately, or at least to our satisfaction of how we see ourselves compared with “what” or “who” […]
What does it mean when a person says, “The fundamentals remain sound”? Is it one of those “throw-away” lines which makes one sound intelligent, but upon closer inspection, means very little? Sort of like the misuse of the double-negative that was popularly in use, where people say, “irregardless” of this or that? Fundamentals are important to every successful endeavor, and in preparing, formulating and filing […]
The segmentation of time may be artificial; the rhythms of life, are not. The 7-day week, 30-day month (give or take a couple here and there) and the 12-month cycle constitute human constructs that impose a rigid system of divisions based upon productivity, leisure, an admixture of both (isn’t it universal that Saturdays are spent in doing chores otherwise unattended to during the week, and Sunday is that respite and escape in total destitution of depleted dreariness?) […]
What happened to them? Where did those once youthful and exuberant conduits taking us beyond the monotony of the present disappear to? When did we allow for “practicality” and “being real”, of “growing up” and “becoming responsible” to usurp the dreams of our youth? Did we misjudge, misunderstand and misapply the principles first taught, and confuse the two concepts – of having a “realistic viewpoint” and abandoning all dreams and hopeful fantasies? […]
We thrive and relish in it, despite our protestations to the contrary; and while most of us utter monologues denouncing the boredom of imposed seclusion, and for fleeting moments envy the adventurer, the person constantly living “on the edge”, and that proverbial black sheep who seems to wander from aimless job to dead-end ones, the majority of the population is resigned to being sheep-like, […]
It cannot be by counting wrinkles, or the number of gray hairs; for, some people never develop them, and in any event, new methodologies of plastic surgery, hair dyes and other cosmetic creativities can easily override such superficial eruptions of telltale signs. Photographs can no longer be evidence of aging, for airbrushing and digital modifications can dispense with such irritating characteristics. […]
Pithy quotes are replete throughout advisory or “self-help” books; it is a cottage industry involving coming up with linguistically sticky statements, like post-its tacked on to our sleeves in order to remind us of daily living tools to carry. “Keeping the main thing the main thing” is one such quote, and numerous similar mutations, which remind us that prioritization of concepts, […]