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Douglas McKee: February 2010
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Sunday, February 21, 2010. Far from being the enemy it is usually considered, our ego is a marvelous entity and may well be our best friend. It takes care of many tasks automatically that we could not possibly take care of if we had to think about them such as digestion, respiration, walking and balance and the storing of all our experiences in minute detail. Are there differences between ...
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Douglas McKee: February 2007
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Saturday, February 17, 2007. There probably is not a more important subject to adults than relationships. How to have a successful one is a common topic. Maybe why there are so many that fail is even more common. 1 What could the goal be, that is a process, and has the potential to last a lifetime? 2 Do both participants understand the goal before marriage? 7 What is "committment? Understa...
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Douglas McKee: June 2011
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Saturday, June 25, 2011. Will or one's actions: the autonomy of the individual. The condition of being autonomous. Self-government, or the right of self-government; independence:. A brand new study, Money Can't Buy Happiness. Published May 23, 2011, in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. That sounds as though Wisdom is the most direct path to autonomy, and it is. We are a...
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Douglas McKee: January 2007
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Saturday, January 27, 2007. Introduction to Mental Mechanics. Mental Mechanics: A Repair Manual. We need to change our ways, but change is one thing humans don't really do well. Why do we put so much energy into resisting it when change is the true order of all things? What part, if any, does learning play in our lives if that is true? And "How do you know? Mental Mechanics is a clear and ...
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Douglas McKee: September 2009
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Monday, September 21, 2009. WHY HEALTHCARE REFORM WON’T MAKE US HEALTHIER. Only the really wealthy big businesses will benefit from the proposal and we, the taxpayers, will get the bill for it. Those 3,300 lobbyists sole purpose is to maintain the profit structure currently offered by government sponsored healthcare. The money arrayed against real change is enormous. The solution is actual...
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Douglas McKee: January 2010
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Sunday, January 3, 2010. The Whisper in the Wind. If one listens quietly, there is a Whisper in the wind, the grass, the trees, the way we pass each other, and the look of yearning we cannot conceal in our eyes. This is the Message from those who have gone before to those of us who are here now and to generations yet born. When we choose wisely, the world becomes a marvelous place to be.
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Douglas McKee: I Won't Say, "I told you so!"
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Sunday, May 12, 2013. I Won't Say, "I told you so! There was an interesting article yesterday in "The Guardian," a major British news organization, titled. Medicine's big new battleground: does mental illness really exist? The gist of the article of the article is that conventional psychiatry has failed to develop the skills necessary to truly be a help to individuals.
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Douglas McKee: October 2012
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Wednesday, October 24, 2012. It is fairly obvious that Math, Language, and Driving are skills. We are taught how they work and we practice them until we develop a degree of competence. After some time our level of ability to use them becomes a subconscious habit and we perform the functions without even thinking about how they work. Judging from the incredible numbers of problems that aris...
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Douglas McKee: January 2011
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Wisdom is the freedom and ability to make the kinds of choices that move our lives forward and benefit the planet.". Saturday, January 15, 2011. Every Friday evening my wife and I attend an event called a “Pour” as in “Who is Pouring this week? Two Octogenarian couples invited another couple in their 70s to get together weekly for snacks and drinks. For some unknown reason we were soon invited to attend in spite of our youth. I asked him, “Mark, what’s new in your life? 8220;I used to have a lot of stuff...
