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@rbreich Seeking asylum is a time-honored, international human right. It's an important part of our humanity.

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@rbreich Seeking asylum is a time-honored, international human right. It's an important part of our humanity.

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@mtvcdm For long, the old AIBA had a history of governance problems. It seems the IBA came in and boiled those problems to a crisis level. Call me naive--and I probably am--but I continue to find this sort of thing seriously disheartening.

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@mtvcdm For long, the old AIBA had a history of governance problems. It seems the IBA came in and boiled those problems to a crisis level. Call me naive--and I probably am--but I continue to find this sort of thing seriously disheartening.

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Journaling about journaling

I think journaling is going to become a habit that I like. In fact, I could see its being extremely useful for something I want to do a lot more: writing. My meditation teacher, Dr. Chris Chroniak, told me a long time ago, that the key to success in journaling is consistency. That was several years ago.

I wasn't ready to journal then. I think I really needed to be ready to start the whole process. I couldn't really think in terms of any consistency, because I couldn't even get started. Therefore, there was really nothing to be consistent about. In fact, in my situation as a non-starter, being consistent was really being consistent about not journaling. Of course that's not what Chris meant, and it's not the key to success that many others have found through writing down various thoughts daily. So, I have concluded that I just wasn't ready to do it.

Various experiences arrive in our lives at different times, and under different circumstances. Each individual is a collection of experiences and thoughts and dreams and hopes and joys and sorrows, so we really need to honor that, and not try to force journaling on anyone or emphasize it to them too much.

No one did that with me. I felt that I was just one of those people who was born incapable of keeping a journal. Obviously, that's a rather silly thought. But it's how I looked at the situation. I bifurcated humanity into two groups: those who could journal, and those who could not. For a long time I placed myself in the latter group. That's really something of a paradox in my life, because when I was in 9th and 10th grades, I kept a journal very regularly. It was a handwritten journal that I kept in a notebook. I updated it almost every day. I got away from that practice. Anyhow, the bottom line is now I'm back to doing journalingi.

I'm using an app called Day One which seems to be suiting me very well. I've got a solid group of men surrounding me who have said that journaling has made a big difference in their lives. So, I'm giving it a try and hoping that it's going to yield good results. Wish me luck. Thanks.

#journaling #habits #fun #apps #learning #dayone #selfimprovement #growth #beabetterman

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Journaling about journaling

I think journaling is going to become a habit that I like. In fact, I could see its being extremely useful for something I want to do a lot more: writing. My meditation teacher, Dr. Chris Chroniak, told me a long time ago, that the key to success in journaling is consistency. That was several years ago.

I wasn't ready to journal then. I think I really needed to be ready to start the whole process. I couldn't really think in terms of any consistency, because I couldn't even get started. Therefore, there was really nothing to be consistent about. In fact, in my situation as a non-starter, being consistent was really being consistent about not journaling. Of course that's not what Chris meant, and it's not the key to success that many others have found through writing down various thoughts daily. So, I have concluded that I just wasn't ready to do it.

Various experiences arrive in our lives at different times, and under different circumstances. Each individual is a collection of experiences and thoughts and dreams and hopes and joys and sorrows, so we really need to honor that, and not try to force journaling on anyone or emphasize it to them too much.

No one did that with me. I felt that I was just one of those people who was born incapable of keeping a journal. Obviously, that's a rather silly thought. But it's how I looked at the situation. I bifurcated humanity into two groups: those who could journal, and those who could not. For a long time I placed myself in the latter group. That's really something of a paradox in my life, because when I was in 9th and 10th grades, I kept a journal very regularly. It was a handwritten journal that I kept in a notebook. I updated it almost every day. I got away from that practice. Anyhow, the bottom line is now I'm back to doing journalingi.

I'm using an app called Day One which seems to be suiting me very well. I've got a solid group of men surrounding me who have said that journaling has made a big difference in their lives. So, I'm giving it a try and hoping that it's going to yield good results. Wish me luck. Thanks.

#journaling #habits #fun #apps #learning #dayone #selfimprovement #growth #beabetterman

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@LitMoose Love it!

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@LitMoose Love it!

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Mastodon Preserves Its Non-profit Status by Turning Down Offers for Funding

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 22/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

#mastodon #nonprofit #status #funding #investors #eugenrochko #microblogging #twitter

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Mastodon Preserves Its Non-profit Status by Turning Down Offers for Funding

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 22/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

#mastodon #nonprofit #status #funding #investors #eugenrochko #microblogging #twitter

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A New (to me) Coffee with Attitude and a Punch

[This is a review of a coffee I discovered several months ago.]

The link goes to a post on my blog.

http://www. lawyerboxer.com/2022/12/a-new-to-me-coffee-with-attitude-and.html

#coffee #friends #friendship #boxing #pitfcoffee

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A New (to me) Coffee with Attitude and a Punch

[This is a review of a coffee I discovered several months ago.]

The link goes to a post on my blog.

http://www. lawyerboxer.com/2022/12/a-new-to-me-coffee-with-attitude-and.html

#coffee #friends #friendship #boxing #pitfcoffee

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I am staring down some situations now, in what is among the most difficult times in my life. Yet, I have been through worse situations, and have landed on my feet. The current trial is difficult, but I am confident I will emerge from it stronger, wiser, and tougher because of the struggle.

I am reading a fine book by Eric Greitens entitled, "Resilience." Here's a quotation from that book that I am finding inspiring these days:

"The more responsibility people take [for events in their lives], the more resilient they are likely to be. … At the root of resilience is the willingness to take reponsibility for results. … [L]ife can do cruel things to people. Life is unfair. You are not responsible for everything that happens to you. You are responsible for how you react to everything that happens to you. … Even at their most powerless, some [people have] found that they had a power that events could not steal from them."

Eric Greitens, "Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life" (New York: Mariner Books, 2016) p. 106.

#resilience #hardship #challenges #suffering #mentaltoughness #optimism #hope #inspiration #ericgreitens

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I am staring down some situations now, in what is among the most difficult times in my life. Yet, I have been through worse situations, and have landed on my feet. The current trial is difficult, but I am confident I will emerge from it stronger, wiser, and tougher because of the struggle.

I am reading a fine book by Eric Greitens entitled, "Resilience." Here's a quotation from that book that I am finding inspiring these days:

"The more responsibility people take [for events in their lives], the more resilient they are likely to be. … At the root of resilience is the willingness to take reponsibility for results. … [L]ife can do cruel things to people. Life is unfair. You are not responsible for everything that happens to you. You are responsible for how you react to everything that happens to you. … Even at their most powerless, some [people have] found that they had a power that events could not steal from them."

Eric Greitens, "Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life" (New York: Mariner Books, 2016) p. 106.

#resilience #hardship #challenges #suffering #mentaltoughness #optimism #hope #inspiration #ericgreitens

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@jjude Thanks!

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@jjude Thanks!

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@jjude it's my pleasure to share the example of a man who really did some major activities with integrity: he "walked the talk" and was a man of action when it really counted.

I think it's important to remember, as you point out, that Stephen was involved in other good things besides his martyrdom. He helped in a service ministry to feed people who would otherwise probably have gone hungry. He also provided an excellent teaching in his major speech. he outlined the history of the Jewish-Christian tradition, starting from its origins until his time.

I'm not really in a position to describe the theological significance of that, but I do think it's an excellent summary of many things that we Christians have studied and learned for a long time.

The points you suggest are easy to overlook when we consider the very cinematic, if you will, event of Stephen's martyrdom. But they are extremely important. Thanks very much for pointing those out and reminding us of those important works that he did.

I'm glad that you agree about the need for examples too. We do need more of them, and we need to follow the ones we gave more closely. Thanks again and best wishes for a terrific 2023.

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@jjude it's my pleasure to share the example of a man who really did some major activities with integrity: he "walked the talk" and was a man of action when it really counted.

I think it's important to remember, as you point out, that Stephen was involved in other good things besides his martyrdom. He helped in a service ministry to feed people who would otherwise probably have gone hungry. He also provided an excellent teaching in his major speech. he outlined the history of the Jewish-Christian tradition, starting from its origins until his time.

I'm not really in a position to describe the theological significance of that, but I do think it's an excellent summary of many things that we Christians have studied and learned for a long time.

The points you suggest are easy to overlook when we consider the very cinematic, if you will, event of Stephen's martyrdom. But they are extremely important. Thanks very much for pointing those out and reminding us of those important works that he did.

I'm glad that you agree about the need for examples too. We do need more of them, and we need to follow the ones we gave more closely. Thanks again and best wishes for a terrific 2023.

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***Becoming a Better Man: Inspiration Drawn from St. Stephen Martyr***

Today, there's a lot of discussion in our culture about the lack of solid male role models for men and boys. From observing our modern culture, representing fathers in family law cases, and having represented some men at the endpoint of at least one cultural spectrum–those men who were serving time in prison for criminal offenses–I have seen the grave harm that lack of fathers and other positive male role models have had on men in today's world.

To put it simply, we need more of those male role models, and we need to pay a lot more attention to the importance of the ones we already have.

Indeed, I continue to seek such models for myself. I have been blessed with a number of them in my life, including my grandfathers, my dad, my uncle, my brother, male bosses and other leaders, and the solid friends who have helped me become the man I am today.

As much as I admire all those men, my search for exemplary men does not end with my contemporaries. Looking back in history about two millennia provides yet another strong example of a good male role model whose life I wish to imitate.

Today, December 26, is the feast of Stephen the Martyr. This day is a traditional observance in the Christian church, celebrated one day after we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. Stephen was the first martyr for the Christian faith. An account of Stephen's service to the early church, his powerful preaching, and his martyrdom appears in Acts, chapters 6 and 7.

This day is always a special one for me because I'm named for St. Stephen. My parents (may they rest in peace) specifically chose Stephen Martyr as my name-saint because of the numerous virtues that he displayed during his life. I consider it a great honor to be named after him.

Each year, on December 26, I spend part of the day reading the account of his work, preaching, and death. On the surface, and without Christian belief, Stephen's story ends sadly. Nevertheless, his story inspires me. I am enlivened by recalling that man's great faith and seeing how strongly he lived it. He was willing to take it even to the point of death by stoning.

That's a serious commitment. I find that inspiring, and a challenge to my own life to fully live honestly those things that I believe in, trust in, and fully experience in many meaningful ways. So on this day, I am honoring my patron saint, thanking him for his sacrifice and martyrdom, and for having the courage and conviction to stand up to those individuals who wanted to harm him and wanted to harm the nascent Christian faith.

Even more, I honor and praise the God who made both St. Stephen and me, and who came into the world as the Son of God and the Son of Man. I thank that Son, Jesus Christ, for providing this man, this human model of courage, belief, a vibrantly alive faith, and selflessness. Those are some powerful qualities that we can learn from today, and use to improve our lives and the lives of those around us.

Therefore, I wish you all a very happy Saint Stephen's Day. I also invite you to explore this great saint's life more and find out what qualities of his you would like to emulate in your own life. I think it's worth taking a further step: identifying a few concrete steps you can use to implement those qualities.

I continue working on many of the virtues that Saint Stephen displayed. Of course, my improvement of those virtues is really the work of a lifetime. I have a long distance to travel and huge room for improvement in all of those attributes. That work of growth is not something that I can accomplish in one year, one decade, or even one quarter century.

I will need a considerable amount of work and the steady assistance of the Holy Spirit to progress in those virtues. The effort will be worthwhile. Cultivating those virtues will make me a stronger and better man.

They will also help me be a man much more ready to serve his family, friends, other loved ones, and humanity and creation at large. I am honored to face those challenges, and I embrace them with a lot of enthusiasm. God bless you all.

#men #boys #rolemodels #christianity #ststephenmartyr #virtue #example

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***Becoming a Better Man: Inspiration Drawn from St. Stephen Martyr***

Today, there's a lot of discussion in our culture about the lack of solid male role models for men and boys. From observing our modern culture, representing fathers in family law cases, and having represented some men at the endpoint of at least one cultural spectrum–those men who were serving time in prison for criminal offenses–I have seen the grave harm that lack of fathers and other positive male role models have had on men in today's world.

To put it simply, we need more of those male role models, and we need to pay a lot more attention to the importance of the ones we already have.

Indeed, I continue to seek such models for myself. I have been blessed with a number of them in my life, including my grandfathers, my dad, my uncle, my brother, male bosses and other leaders, and the solid friends who have helped me become the man I am today.

As much as I admire all those men, my search for exemplary men does not end with my contemporaries. Looking back in history about two millennia provides yet another strong example of a good male role model whose life I wish to imitate.

Today, December 26, is the feast of Stephen the Martyr. This day is a traditional observance in the Christian church, celebrated one day after we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. Stephen was the first martyr for the Christian faith. An account of Stephen's service to the early church, his powerful preaching, and his martyrdom appears in Acts, chapters 6 and 7.

This day is always a special one for me because I'm named for St. Stephen. My parents (may they rest in peace) specifically chose Stephen Martyr as my name-saint because of the numerous virtues that he displayed during his life. I consider it a great honor to be named after him.

Each year, on December 26, I spend part of the day reading the account of his work, preaching, and death. On the surface, and without Christian belief, Stephen's story ends sadly. Nevertheless, his story inspires me. I am enlivened by recalling that man's great faith and seeing how strongly he lived it. He was willing to take it even to the point of death by stoning.

That's a serious commitment. I find that inspiring, and a challenge to my own life to fully live honestly those things that I believe in, trust in, and fully experience in many meaningful ways. So on this day, I am honoring my patron saint, thanking him for his sacrifice and martyrdom, and for having the courage and conviction to stand up to those individuals who wanted to harm him and wanted to harm the nascent Christian faith.

Even more, I honor and praise the God who made both St. Stephen and me, and who came into the world as the Son of God and the Son of Man. I thank that Son, Jesus Christ, for providing this man, this human model of courage, belief, a vibrantly alive faith, and selflessness. Those are some powerful qualities that we can learn from today, and use to improve our lives and the lives of those around us.

Therefore, I wish you all a very happy Saint Stephen's Day. I also invite you to explore this great saint's life more and find out what qualities of his you would like to emulate in your own life. I think it's worth taking a further step: identifying a few concrete steps you can use to implement those qualities.

I continue working on many of the virtues that Saint Stephen displayed. Of course, my improvement of those virtues is really the work of a lifetime. I have a long distance to travel and huge room for improvement in all of those attributes. That work of growth is not something that I can accomplish in one year, one decade, or even one quarter century.

I will need a considerable amount of work and the steady assistance of the Holy Spirit to progress in those virtues. The effort will be worthwhile. Cultivating those virtues will make me a stronger and better man.

They will also help me be a man much more ready to serve his family, friends, other loved ones, and humanity and creation at large. I am honored to face those challenges, and I embrace them with a lot of enthusiasm. God bless you all.

#men #boys #rolemodels #christianity #ststephenmartyr #virtue #example

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Merry Christmas, everyone! May the light of Jesus be with us always, and may we share His blessed light with all other beings.🌲🦌🎄

#christmas #holiday #celebration #jesuschrist #christmas2022

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Merry Christmas, everyone! May the light of Jesus be with us always, and may we share His blessed light with all other beings.🌲🦌🎄

#christmas #holiday #celebration #jesuschrist #christmas2022

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@oliphant Understood. It's all good.

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@oliphant Understood. It's all good.

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@oliphant I cringe when I see "cringe" used as an adjective.

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@oliphant I cringe when I see "cringe" used as an adjective.

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What I'm listening to now, some good Saturday night chill music:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S6auX8CJ Dg4

#music #paganini #guitar #violin #cello #chilling #chillmusic

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What I'm listening to now, some good Saturday night chill music:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S6auX8CJ Dg4

#music #paganini #guitar #violin #cello #chilling #chillmusic

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@admin Great news!

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@admin Great news!

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From my friends, a dog named Biggie and his dad.

https://instagram.com/stories/biggieth eshepherd/2993260922474096429?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=YzFkMDk4Zjk=

#dogs #gsf #biggie #dogdad #friends

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From my friends, a dog named Biggie and his dad.

https://instagram.com/stories/biggieth eshepherd/2993260922474096429?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=YzFkMDk4Zjk=

#dogs #gsf #biggie #dogdad #friends

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Rest in peace, Mr. Mills Lane. You were a legend, sir.

https://www. boxingscene.com/mills-lane-hal l-fame-referee-passes-away-85--170967

Additional coverage here:

https://www. espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/351 97067/mills-lane-hall-fame-boxing-referee-dies-age-85

#boxing #legends #millslane #referee #HallofFame #hof

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Rest in peace, Mr. Mills Lane. You were a legend, sir.

https://www. boxingscene.com/mills-lane-hal l-fame-referee-passes-away-85--170967

Additional coverage here:

https://www. espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/351 97067/mills-lane-hall-fame-boxing-referee-dies-age-85

#boxing #legends #millslane #referee #HallofFame #hof

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9 Easy Ways to Cheer up a Dog with the Winter Blues

https://www. linkmypet.com/blogs/wanderer/9-nifty-ways-to-cheer-up-a-dog-with-the-winter-blues

#dogs #pets #winter #depression #care

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9 Easy Ways to Cheer up a Dog with the Winter Blues

https://www. linkmypet.com/blogs/wanderer/9-nifty-ways-to-cheer-up-a-dog-with-the-winter-blues

#dogs #pets #winter #depression #care

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Hey men,

Being meek is a virtue. Being weak is not.

https://www. instagram.com/p/Cl1Jza4uKDm/?i gshid=ZmVmZTY5ZGE=

#men #man #manly #masculinity #male #virtue #manliness #jesus #stoic #christian

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Hey men,

Being meek is a virtue. Being weak is not.

https://www. instagram.com/p/Cl1Jza4uKDm/?i gshid=ZmVmZTY5ZGE=

#men #man #manly #masculinity #male #virtue #manliness #jesus #stoic #christian