Once Upon A Year Ago
This time last year I was in Nebraska. Although I knew I HAD to go spend a month there if I wanted to ever finish my degree, it was a hard decision to make. After a nightmare of a year created by a...
View ArticleFollowing Someone Else’s Footsteps
Joseph Campbell once wrote, “If the path before you is clear, you are probably on someone else’s.” Hard statement to argue with, isn’t it? I mean, we all like to think that we are headed in the right...
View ArticleUniversal Synchronicity
The idea of Universal Synchronicity. The idea that the Powers That Be will always place you where you need to be to bring you to your highest good. The idea if a powerful one. I’m not much a church...
View ArticleMissing in Action
This morning I started to feel a tiny bit guilty about how neglected the Candy Jar has been. A LOT of good stuff has happened that I haven’t written about or bothered to share. A lot of...
View ArticleThe Final Defense
I almost have no more to say except, “I did it” I actually did it. I finished that darn PhD program and successfully defended my dissertation last week. Which, in some regards, is just a few added...
View ArticleMIA – Yet Not So Far Gone
First, I should start by wishing everyone a beautiful Thanksgiving and hoping everyone had some time to share the tiny pieces of life they are thankful for with those who they love and find themselves...
View ArticleBecause people are Stupid.
Now after my recent post on the lovely place the world is, I’d like to return to regularly scheduled Candy Jar ranting and focus on the absolutely stupidity of people. Recently, there has been a rash...
View ArticleMake Sure They Fit
Yesterday I had this mind-blowing meeting with this random dude I met at a college fair. He is well-beyond intelligent and an explosion of ideas, passion, projects and thoughts. In fact, he is one...
View ArticleLet Your Gentleness Be Evident
I’ve been told I’m a hard cookie to crumble. I’ve been told I’m intimidating. I’ve been told I have a ‘force field’ surrounding me. I’ve been told I’m immensely hard to get to know. I’ve also been...
View ArticleSecurity of Person
According the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all members of the human family have the equal and inalienable rights of inherent dignity which work as the foundation of freedom,...
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