by Duncan McLeod | Sep 24, 2023 | Freedom
To be or not to be – Free? Autonomy Independence Emancipation Self-government Liberty Release Or Dependence Captivity Subjugation Enslavement Imprisonment So Peaceful vs Suffering On the world’s political stage, these are words denoting the state of play...
by Duncan McLeod | Sep 14, 2023 | Life Skills, Sobriety
What do I think is real? Does thinking it make it so? I accept that the chair I sit on is real because I can A) see and B) feel it. I experience both confirmation senses via my brain. I am used to relying on my brain to tell me what is and what is not, and like...
by Duncan McLeod | Sep 4, 2023 | life building,
Am I asleep right now? (Are you?) How could we be for I am writing and you are reading? Asleep is unconscious is unaware. Am I asleep? Maybe, but I am waking up. Sleep is that sublime place I adore drifting into at 9pm, and whence I emerge from 8 hours later,...
by Duncan McLeod | Aug 28, 2023 | Alcohol free, Grief, Life Skills
I see a rhythm and pattern reflected repeatedly across the universe. Expansion followed by contraction. I notice this rhythm in my lungs as I breathe and my heart as it pumps. My whole life, from conception to death, reflects this cadence as first, I expand...
by Duncan McLeod | Aug 27, 2023 | Life Skills
Cohabiting with uncertainty is a given. It is unavoidable. No one has a crystal ball. The future is unknown. Every moment, encounter, and situation has multiple variables. I can have a pretty good idea of what’s coming next, but I can’t be sure. So, one...
