My Rules for Life: Wish for the success…
Wish for the success of your nation’s leaders, whether you voted for them or not. There are some leaders whose election and enacted policies that I believe would spell disaster for the country. Yet if they won, I would root for their success. I want to be proven wrong. Why would I want any different?…
My Rules for Life: Don’t Share Your Opinion Unless You are Open to Having It Changed
Don’t Share Your Opinion Unless You are Open to Having It Changed I am a super opinionated person. Maybe more so than I should be. Opinions are like assholes: we all have one (for the most part). They are fun to share and debate. I’m as guilty as the next guy of taking guilty pleasure…
Ride the Blue Wave
I was in the south of Portugal, twenty years old, and I like to think I had the body of a Greek god (well, that’s what I choose to believe. I probably more closely resembled the Pillsbury Dough-boy, but this is my story, so indulge me). The temperature was soaring in the high 80s to…
My Rules for Life: Never Celebrate Death, Even That of Your Enemy
Never celebrate death, not even that of your enemy. Death comes for all, and with it, immense pain and suffering for many. We can acknowledge it as a fact of life, but that doesn’t take away its impact. I believe death is a part of a fallen world. There is nothing about it that should…
The Masculine Paradox: When Being a Man Isn’t Manly Enough
Why are such staggering numbers of young men and women deciding to transition to the opposite gender? Is it due to the increased accessibility of transition services? Or could it be part of a conspiracy to benefit pharmaceutical companies? Is there a broader humanist agenda at play to transform humanity? Or has transgender identity always…
Echoes of Wisdom
I find myself with a pen in hand, driven by a desire to create. In my mind, words dance around, eager to form a story or convey a profound thought. As the pen presses onto the paper, I strain to think of a pithy saying, only to realize that all the best ones have already…
Joaquim Mohsen 