(excerpt from my book) If it’s painful for you to hear my story, it’s OK. That’s part of the process because my story includes pain, so don’t stop listening because you are uncomfortable. If you would just move past your Read more…
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? — 1 Corinthians 3:16 Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t Read more…
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? — 1 Corinthians 3:16 Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t Read more…
Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing their opinion. — Proverbs 18:2 (CEB) One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.” ― Krishnamurti Who would want to wake Read more…
(inspired by our trip to Belize in January, 2019) I AM I am the brightest of mornings, I am the cloudiest of days, I am the silent night altar upon which mankind prays and preys. I am the Olmec and Read more…
A human being may have had a perfect upbringing, yet that fact does not have ultimate significance in the evolution towards good mental health and well-being as an adult. Avoiding a childhood characterized by physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse is Read more…
Make no mistake about it. The real, immediate threat to national security is global warming, and the oil industry, and nations supporting the continued overuse of oil, coal, and natural gas. The border wall is a “Trumped up deal”, designed Read more…
Resolutions are the music playing in the background while I go about the business of living my life fully, with global awareness, spirituality, integrity, and good physical health. Resolution Number 10 I commit to running a 10K race (6.2 miles) Read more…
Happy New Year to all! How about creating a “New Year’s resolution” that actually has some value to more people than just to ourselves? Don’t let the following Bible verse scare you away, It is non-threatening, and it is about Read more…
After recently witnessing, experiencing, or hearing about several incomplete, unloving, and/or alienating family gatherings and situations, and being uninvited to another, I have decided that,in the interests of maintaining the limited and questionable quality of family relationships that I presently Read more…
Oh, Shadow Boxer Of Evil, When Will You Ever Tire? TIs Champion Of A Lonely Dream World To Which You Would Aspire! Stop Resurrecting Dead Illusions With Those Mental Pugilist Blows, And Bury That Diseased Mind, For From Its Grave Read more…
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. – Luke 2:7 The Real Christmas Birth is not Read more…
“We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science Read more…
“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.” ― Krishnamurti Our present day national consciousness continues to be heavily influenced by old history and skewed knowledge, racism, white male supremacy, Christian Read more…
Relapse, Recovery, And The Portland Water Bureau My relapse from drug and alcohol abstinence is difficult for me to document, as this story represents a particularly disturbing period in my life, a period when I limped away from recovery and Read more…
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. —Mahatma Gandhi Our minds are goal setting and achieving devices, in addition to serving as our avenues of awareness of self, other, and the Read more…
I devote this chapter to my wife, Sharon White. The lessons of love learned while with my wife Sharon could encompass an entire book of its own.. On July 4, 1989 I met Sharon, and her daughter Hayley while attending Read more…
Looking back, everything worked out just fine, I think. Pursuing a woman overly concerned with appearances could not have brought long-term happiness to me, and there was little reason to hope that a love relationship with Masha would have worked. Read more…
Evergreen High School Class of 1973 Photograph of Donelle Mae Flick (Paullin) My first wife, Donelle Mae Flick Paullin, suffered from what psychiatric professionals labeled as paranoid schizophrenia. I struggled mightily to help, and to understand her, over the many Read more…
Bruce Oliver Scott Paullin —- The Early Years What is in a name, anyway? I was given a name that had links to family members through both my mother’s and my father’s lineage, thus the two middle names, Oliver and Read more…