life

January 6, 2017

Control Your Mind or It Will Control You

A pessimist sees the difficult in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty  Winston Churchill   I saw this quote pop up on my time line from Mind Movies (4 years ago) … so I felt inspired to write about it. Which are you? How productive is it to be a pessimist? Some people claim to be “realist” and pessimism is not in their vocabulary. How true is that? Although realism has its place.. I think...

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August 28, 2009

Withholding Information and Blatant Lies

I’ve often wondered the following: Is it moral to lie in order to preserve a secret, in a situation where refusing to answer cannot preserve the secret? I think there exist a continuum on whether someone is blatantly lying to you or simply withholding information in order to preserve the integrity of a secret they may have or even something that is simply none of your business. There does not exist a finite answer on this subject and...

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