So, you may recall my mentioning a situation where a friend was in a friends-with-benefits type situation with a guy that just decided he has found true love – and was telling her all about it.
They haven’t seen each other in a while – they still talk often, but he is a musician by trade and currently on tour.
In a really freaky twist of fate, my friend, also a journalist, was invited to a press junket out on the west coast the exact same weekend he will be there. Any other time, she’d jump at the chance for a free …read more

My friend asked and I’ll try…
My first thought relating to how pride aims at the destruction of others comes from the term “character assassination.”
Suppose for a moment that you’ve worked on a project for your company for months finally arriving at what you believe in your heart is a magnificent piece of work.
Your co-worker has also worked on a similar project and has the same feelings about his/hers.
The boss chooses their project for the honors. And you begin a campaign of character assassination maligning anything good about your fellow worker, raising doubt about anything they’ve ever accomplished. You tell everybody …read more

The title of today’s Daily Reflection is Pride. Without going into detail, this reading is very appropriate for me right now! I really like what it says because it truly nails the subject and transcends pitiful and pathetic injustices.
“For thousands of years we have been demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance. When we seemed to be succeeding, we drank to dream still greater dreams. When we were frustrated, even in part, we drank for oblivion. Never was there enough of what we thought we wanted.
In all these strivings, so many of them well-intentioned, our crippling handicap …read more