Athena

And those who do have support are nicely dressed and well-mannered and can do simple jobs. Oh dear, I am feeling emotional about this as I struggle wi...

I do not agree with hating the rich because that is like hating someone because of their color. However, I think we all could be improved with knowled...

That means liberty, doesn't it? But I am watching a show about a man who works with the homeless and it is so discouraging because the homeless in thi...

Okay, go on. You are being very tantalizing. Years ago I became aware of a bureaucratic effort to get staff to do more independent thinking and proble...

Like I just said to Jack Cummins, how did things get so bad! I swear before the pandemic, I could call my Senior and Disability Services case worker a...

So true and you have experience with people who have cognitive problems! If you and I find the system is going against us, how much worse it must be f...

I would really like to know what you mean about all models being wrong. Time and again, I am realizing things are the same and not the same. For examp...

For sure I hope the women win the fight for their rights. We burned our bras and I am so thankful the danger to us was not as it is for the women of b...

I found out things are not exactly as I thought they were. I don't know what to think now but some young people seem to be better than those they are ...

Today I am facing the reality of possibly being evicted. and I am sacred. I am not sure things have come to that, but neighbors have warned me managem...

It is my opinion that hormones and hormone receptors do matter. However, with what we know today our sexuality is not as simple as being this or that....

Oh please, I have found you validating and motivating. And this is not like the past. In the past, everything seemed manageable but now the problems h...

I so much appreciate your posts and I will address the state legislature about the moral dilemma, especially when a mother is evicted for helping an a...

Thank you. I started to do that but on second thought that may not be a good solution unless we first created a nonprofit organization and had a clear...

Your point is made and now I have to act on it. I have emailed two local programs for people with brain damage. This looks like a good starting point....

Well, I do have thoughts along that line. I could just pray for everyone and make myself feel good without risking anything. Or I could argue why that...

I like my grandmother's 3 rules better. 1. We respect everyone. It makes no difference if the other is a bum or the mayor because it is about our char...

You are onto something. We must not blame the bureaucrats for not doing their job because their jobs involve so much pain they can not survive them wi...

I am soo thankful for your understanding and help. What is happening is not what I expected. All the simple fixes are not working. I thought I could i...

I hear what you are saying. However, as I learn more, I wish my path had not crossed with his. I thought this was going to be a quick fix. As I just e...

I am pushing it and figure when two weeks is up I will have to speak with the property manager. I can now prove my intentions and progress. We have hi...

Why do you say that? I am concerned that running everything from the top down is leading to a Nazi-type organization. But on the other hand, I am amaz...

I like your reasoning. It be just my area but I have Section 8 Housing and the is federal. Anyone who has anything to do with drugs is evicted, so a m...

That comment about raising the bar too high is interesting, but the quote is also called the golden rule, and as you said it exists in all civilizatio...

Good someone with experience. Experience with people who need help and experience with the moral dilemma. It is absolutely best for me to avoid people...

It is much much harder than I expected! I need information I don't have. Thank goodness I have gained the ability to talk with his sister who lives in...

And in the US, liberty meant that is your decision. No one could force you to do that and no one could prevent you from doing that. Destroying that li...

Hum, I have been listening to lectures about ancient Greek ideas on character and morals. How could you describe your character? Does your character a...

To kill one's self or not is partly intellectual and partly emotional. I don't think the decision can be reduced to a purely rational one. Everything ...

Thank you so much. Thank you thank you! That is the very meaning of our liberty! What you said is very important to me. I have offended a friend who i...

I think you are correct. When the people who need our care are proficient at making their needs known and they vote on how we meet the needs of others...

I spoke with a man who specialized in counseling suicidal people and I asked him if that was not terribly depressing for him. In a very positive tone ...

I think I will need to watch Soylent Green. Right now I can't watch the Babylon 5 video. I have someone sleeping on my floor. He had a stroke a couple...

That was pretty good. Not exactly as I imagined a place for dying but close. It is sad because there was no family or friends with him. When my grandd...

That is what I mean. We are full of life and our lives are what is behind us. Old age is a time of coming to peace with our lives. Sooner or later jus...

It is possible to use technology to type the spoken word, but I have always thought better when writing. If I can not write the thought then I am even...

You are working so hard to rescue me and that is sweet, but after caring for my mother with ALS and my grandmother with Alzheimer's disease it is a ma...

Really? I never thought of that. What would be interesting about that? Do you know Jefferson plagiarized John Locke? But John Locke said "life, libert...

Now that one could be brain chemistry. It could be something like the depression some women have after giving birth to a child because their hormones ...

But I paid good money for the service. I like what my grandson said about dying. "I don't mind dying, I just don't want to see it coming." I think mos...

I think we need some help being philosophical about suicide so I googled the subject.

I think there could be a philosophical explanation for this. Or a psychological cause that everyone wants to deny- getting old really sucks! I had a g...

I wish that were true but many children are dying because of a stupid social media challenge.

The book has nothing to do with my family except my grandmother was a teacher and her generation of teachers thought they were defending democracy in ...

Isn't that argument about God basically as argument about what can be known? Well yes, that is where I began at about age 8. I have attempted to know ...

Good morning love. I did all of that during the Reagan years. When I owed a home. I did it because I wanted to get people out of my home and they need...

That is the one I will choose. Except it would really suck if death were not much different from life. I have read that if we are stuck in a bad place...

I think Helen Keller is an awesome example of a courageous human. I have always believed our elders are valuable people, but when we can not take care...

Well today I am in Hades contemplating ending my life. And trust me I have done my best to learn and I do my best to be of service to others. I suppos...

Thank goodness. You proved that. I thought your story was a very good one about being balanced and I think with some effort a whole lot of philosophic...