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Reflections from a lifelong journey of learning

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Here’s to the Householders

On January 2, 2024January 2, 2024 By stsampsonIn Musings2 Comments

The people who hold together households hold together society—and we should treat them as such.

It’s a Wondrous, Marvelous, Maybe Even Miraculous World

On December 22, 2023January 3, 2024 By stsampsonIn Words, Words, WordsLeave a comment

Pragmatic people often say they don’t believe in miracles. That itself is arguably miraculous.

Seeing Is Not Believing

On May 16, 2021March 17, 2022 By stsampsonIn Musings1 Comment

We see a great deal that we fail to notice and which we therefore never believe.

10,000 Miles and One

On February 22, 2021February 23, 2021 By stsampsonIn Formative Memories5 Comments

Reflections on the journey of one man's best friend.

Love and Other Essentials

On January 30, 2021December 20, 2023 By stsampsonIn Fatherly AdviceLeave a comment

Love isn’t really all you need. But it’s right up there.

Check Your Lenses

On January 2, 2021January 1, 2021 By stsampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

Different tools enable different types of seeing and thinking.

When You Catch Yourself Looking Down on Others, Look Up

On September 26, 2020October 7, 2023 By stsampsonIn Musings1 Comment

It’s only human to look down on others. But it’s hard to move onward or upward when you’re looking downward.

On Rewriting History

On July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 By stsampsonIn Musings1 Comment

It's crucial to distinguish between the actual facts of the past and the stories we tell about them in the present. It’s also crucial to recognize that both are driving forces of the future.

You Can Stand on Your Head that Long

On March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 By stsampsonIn Fatherly Advice, Musings2 Comments

We’re all feeling cooped up and anxious and, yes, already a little bored. So what would my mother say?

Love and Wisdom

On February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 By stsampsonIn Musings6 Comments

Love is wiser than wisdom. Wisdom knows more than knowledge. Knowledge counts more than data.

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