Philosophy

Apr 21 2020

FOLLOW ‘THE GOLDEN RULE’ TO A BETTER PLACE

By HumbleSky Culture, Humility, Philosophy 2 Comments

I am a big personal and professional advocate for The Golden Rule. Over four decades of directing public relations initiatives, I’ve come to appreciate the inherent, over-arching value of reciprocity -- how and why doing good for others always benefits…

Mar 26 2020

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SOME GOOD MAY COME OF THIS

By HumbleSky Culture, Humility, Philosophy 3 Comments

While we try to wrap our heads around the real-time and long-term consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, optimistic (maybe more like wishful) thinkers might find comfort in considering the occurrence of some unintended, yet potentially very positive culture changes once…

Mar 10 2020

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ARE COSMIC SHORTCUTS TOO SIMPLE?

By HumbleSky Philosophy, Space One Comment

When time and space and comprehension slow us down, our natural inclination is to take shortcuts to streamline things. Not only with the limitations of everyday life, but with existential matters too. In fact, for centuries we’ve created and relied…

Feb 18 2020

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IT’S DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity, Music, Philosophy One Comment

Who knows why seemingly insignificant (at least in the moment) sensory experiences become associative triggers for the rest of our life? Why does a specific smell, sound, vision, taste or emotion immediately take us back to another place and time?…

Feb 04 2020

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I AM INFINITY

By HumbleSky Humility, Philosophy, Space 3 Comments

This story could go on forever, but here’s the abbreviated version. A young woman walks into a trendy downtown bistro and grabs a stool at the bar. She possesses an almost unnatural beauty, at once alluring and intimidating. She’s appears…

Jan 28 2020

Love10

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE BOSS?

By HumbleSky Music, Philosophy One Comment

So I’m sitting by myself in a corner of this dimly lit, old-timey New York bar, on a maroon leather bench seat leaning against the wall with a bar-height, round oak table and three empty barstools between me and a…

Jan 07 2020

Love7

Generational War Arms a Circular Firing Squad

By HumbleSky Longevity, Philosophy 4 Comments

by Stuart Greenbaum There’s battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound Everybody looks what’s going down. -- Stephen Stills (“For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield) Everyone is aging; some…

Dec 24 2019

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BOURDAIN INSPIRED TRAVEL TO ‘PARTS UNKNOWN’

By HumbleSky Culture, Film & TV, Humility, Philosophy 4 Comments

The paperback Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview and Other Conversations was an impulse buy at Target. (That’s redundant, I know.) What happened next was less predictable. As the youngish cashier scanned the book, she looked up and sighed, “He inspired…

Nov 26 2019

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SPACE GOES BEYOND COMPREHENSION, RIGHT?

By HumbleSky Humility, Philosophy, Space 2 Comments

Humble Sky, the title and theme of this blog, observes that humankind need only look skyward to appreciate the obvious limit of our comprehension; and further, that this universal reality check should encourage us to be more curious and more…

Nov 19 2019

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THE BEST METAPHORS ARE AGELESS

By HumbleSky Longevity, Philosophy One Comment

If only, when people hear Joe South sing “Walk a mile in my shoes,” his poetic and encouraging metaphor for empathy would move all who “abuse, criticize and accuse.” And, if only, older adults were among the highest regarded beneficiaries…

FOLLOW ‘THE GOLDEN RULE’ TO A BETTER PLACE

SOME GOOD MAY COME OF THIS

ARE COSMIC SHORTCUTS TOO SIMPLE?

IT’S DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN

I AM INFINITY

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE BOSS?

Generational War Arms a Circular Firing Squad

BOURDAIN INSPIRED TRAVEL TO ‘PARTS UNKNOWN’

SPACE GOES BEYOND COMPREHENSION, RIGHT?

THE BEST METAPHORS ARE AGELESS

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