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Fear and Happiness

Posted on June 16, 2025 by Michael Kane

Fear and Happiness Fear is an ever constant cloak that we all wear, all the time. Sure, most of the time we tamp it down under our conscious mind. We fill our lives with activity and busyness so that we … Continue reading →

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Rev Kane’s Wild Ride: The Fear

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Michael Kane

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will … Continue reading →

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Happiness in the Apocalypse

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Michael Kane

Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration. I will face my fear and I will permit it to pass over me and through me. ~ Frank Herbert, Dune Hello friends and welcome to the apocalypse, … Continue reading →

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Happiness is Poetry: Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Michael Kane

Happiness is Poetry: Edgar Allan Poe Sometimes I’m terrified of my own heart; of its constant hunger for whatever it is it wants.  The way it stops and starts. ~ Edgar Allan Poe I have always loved Edgar Allan Poe’s … Continue reading →

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Fear is Killing Your Happiness

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Michael Kane

Fear is Killing Your Happiness We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light ~ Plato One of the biggest problems I see in society these … Continue reading →

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My COVID Times Diary – The Slow Motion Apocalypse

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Michael Kane

My COVID Times Diary – The Slow Motion Apocalypse The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.  ~ Noam Chomsky I’ve thought about the apocalypse … Continue reading →

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Happiness: Handling Worry and Uncertainty

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Michael Kane

Happiness: Handling Worry and Uncertainty Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. ~ William Ralph Inge Well to say it’s been a tumultuous week for some people in the United States may be an understatement.  With the … Continue reading →

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Happiness is Not Safety

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Michael Kane

Happiness is Not Safety Originally posted April, 2019 The quote above has been flowing around the internet and possibly truer words have never been spoken. If you don’t move forward, take chances, risk yourself in some way, you stagnate. True, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be Afraid to be Happy

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Michael Kane

Don’t Be Afraid to be Happy I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And … Continue reading →

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We all have to stop being afraid

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Michael Kane

We all have to stop being afraid Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~ James Stephen Everyone is afraid There is a lot of desolation out in cyberspace, a lot of destructive language.  I mean the idea … Continue reading →

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