Friday, July 8, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Funerals
"Funerals are for phony people who pay their respects to the dead instead of paying attention to the living." — science fiction author Michael Casher, May 2006
Sunday, May 1, 2011
21st Rule of Thumb
Never live your entire life for others but always live part of your life for someone else.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Blind Fool Running
Some secrets are meant to be shared.
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Author's Note: "Blind Fool Running" by Jonco Bugos does not contain any content from the Jonco Bugos blog. "Blind Fool Running" is a 104-page novella. Jonco Bugos (my alter ego) is the pen name I use for writing literary fiction and for writing the Jonco Bugos blog and the Think-A-Holic Lounge blog. Thank you.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Three Circles Of Time
If you fear the future, you will squander the present.
If you squander the present, you will regret the past.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Skeleton Key
The search for everlasting life begins with the here and now.
Recognize the beauty and the opportunities presented to you each and every day and appreciate the world around you. When you seize the day, you not only secure tomorrow, you guarantee the day after.
Only then will you find that the key to eternity is hidden inside the moment.
Friday, February 4, 2011
21st Rule of Thumb
Just because you have a mind to do something is no reason to assume that you should.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Three Definitions of Free Will
Forsaking a ready-made world and making one of your own.
Saying "no" to the thousands of false opportunities that present themselves in life while seeking the one true opportunity that doesn't.
Taking your life in your own hands.
Saying "no" to the thousands of false opportunities that present themselves in life while seeking the one true opportunity that doesn't.
Taking your life in your own hands.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Life in 25 Words
Things aren't either black or white with so many shades of gray in between. In between the black and the white lies every color imaginable.
Monday, November 1, 2010
A Reader's Revelation
"The best writers make life clearer to us. The worst writers only titillate our senses." – Science Fiction author (and avid reader) Michael Casher, 4/1/07, Science Fiction for Thinkers.com/Bytes
Monday, October 4, 2010
20th Rule of Thumb
A rule of thumb for living your life is only icing on a cake that you bake yourself.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Guilty and Not Guilty
There are many things in life that make us feel guilty about something. We are always pressed by our own consciences when our deeds conflict with our own principles. Making amends for wrongs based on our own introspection and self-examination is a healthy way for us to evolve into better human beings.
The laws of our many lands often demand justice for wrongs done unto others by forcing wrongdoers to make restitution and to endure other penalties. Making an apology to another for a hurtful act is another way to demand justice from ourselves, one which furthers our advancement as evolving creatures whose choices include self-governing attitudes and the desire to correct errors before they become faults. These are the proper prices we pay for our misconduct and our misdeeds and it is the mark of good citizenship in a civilized and growing culture.
There is, however, a type of guilt that is thrust upon us by the errors of recorded history and by those who benefit from the proliferation of untruths about our rightful place in the cosmos. This is the undeserved guilt we all feel at times for simply being alive. None of us began our lives with the stain of wrongdoing. That is a lie perpetuated by those among us who fail to assess their own shortcomings, shortsightedness and misconduct. The guilt of being human and being alive is the brand they want us to accept and to display like cattle. Their desire to continue their lives as unfettered free spirits controlled only by their own wills makes them feel alone, fearful and resentful among those of us who strive for peace, harmony and beauty in the world.
Accepting undeserved guilt for the privilege of being alive will not only defeat all your endeavors and dash all your hopes and dreams, it will empower the worst among us to continue ruling our world and preventing it from becoming the paradise it was meant to be.
The laws of our many lands often demand justice for wrongs done unto others by forcing wrongdoers to make restitution and to endure other penalties. Making an apology to another for a hurtful act is another way to demand justice from ourselves, one which furthers our advancement as evolving creatures whose choices include self-governing attitudes and the desire to correct errors before they become faults. These are the proper prices we pay for our misconduct and our misdeeds and it is the mark of good citizenship in a civilized and growing culture.
There is, however, a type of guilt that is thrust upon us by the errors of recorded history and by those who benefit from the proliferation of untruths about our rightful place in the cosmos. This is the undeserved guilt we all feel at times for simply being alive. None of us began our lives with the stain of wrongdoing. That is a lie perpetuated by those among us who fail to assess their own shortcomings, shortsightedness and misconduct. The guilt of being human and being alive is the brand they want us to accept and to display like cattle. Their desire to continue their lives as unfettered free spirits controlled only by their own wills makes them feel alone, fearful and resentful among those of us who strive for peace, harmony and beauty in the world.
Accepting undeserved guilt for the privilege of being alive will not only defeat all your endeavors and dash all your hopes and dreams, it will empower the worst among us to continue ruling our world and preventing it from becoming the paradise it was meant to be.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
The Evolution of Things
A luxury item becomes a necessity when everyone has it. The telephone and the automobile were once luxury items that became necessities when they became household words because of their common use. The common use of anything requires its presence in the everyday world.
The everyday presence of anything surrenders its original design to the marketplace. The marketplace is the final resting place of any idea that becomes a common thing in the everyday world. In the marketplace common things never die as long as they remain common by being continually altered to fit an evolving culture.
If household items cease to remain common because of lack of use they die the undeserved death of all original ideas that became common things. They are discarded by a jaded population because they were so taken for granted as household words that they became luxury items once again. Their graveyard is the world of antiques.
The everyday presence of anything surrenders its original design to the marketplace. The marketplace is the final resting place of any idea that becomes a common thing in the everyday world. In the marketplace common things never die as long as they remain common by being continually altered to fit an evolving culture.
If household items cease to remain common because of lack of use they die the undeserved death of all original ideas that became common things. They are discarded by a jaded population because they were so taken for granted as household words that they became luxury items once again. Their graveyard is the world of antiques.
Friday, June 25, 2010
A Well-Founded Suspicion
Most traditions and customs are options, not requirements, for living your life.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
The Hidden Cost of Freedom
The price of freedom is manifold. In order to gain freedom people must sometimes fight for it and die so that others may obtain it. Once obtained, many more will fight and die so that freedom will continue ringing its bell of liberty for everyone.
But freedom carries a hidden price tag once it is obtained. Freedom's hidden cost is one that many people fail to see but a price that must be paid nonetheless. This hidden cost must be satisfied in order to assure real freedom for everyone and not mere servitude to authority in exchange for peace and prosperity.
In order to gain real freedom you must always question authority and you must always be ready to challenge authority when you think that authority it is not in everyone's best interests. Paying freedom's hidden price is not only the duty of every citizen in a free society, it is the hidden mark of a man or a woman who values and seeks freedom for others and who cherishes his or her own.
But freedom carries a hidden price tag once it is obtained. Freedom's hidden cost is one that many people fail to see but a price that must be paid nonetheless. This hidden cost must be satisfied in order to assure real freedom for everyone and not mere servitude to authority in exchange for peace and prosperity.
In order to gain real freedom you must always question authority and you must always be ready to challenge authority when you think that authority it is not in everyone's best interests. Paying freedom's hidden price is not only the duty of every citizen in a free society, it is the hidden mark of a man or a woman who values and seeks freedom for others and who cherishes his or her own.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
The Three Betrayals
The worst betrayal in life comes from those closest to you.
The cruelest betrayal in life is inflicted by people who don't care about the damages they cause.
The biggest betrayal in life is when good people are treated badly.
The cruelest betrayal in life is inflicted by people who don't care about the damages they cause.
The biggest betrayal in life is when good people are treated badly.
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