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Does Goodness Require An Incentive?

Posted on February 26, 2017 by swabby429

This morning, I leafed through a small square book of quotes that a friend gave me many years ago. I stopped at an unremarkable, yet meaningful anonymous saying. The page contained only this, “Doing good may not get you accolades … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts About Cruelty

Posted on February 26, 2014 by swabby429

I awakened at 2:30 this morning fully alert and very troubled.  I had planned to sleep in much later, but my mind must have been processing the series of five videos I had watched an hour before bedtime, last night.  … Continue reading →

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Twisted Goodness

Posted on February 18, 2012 by swabby429

“Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.”–Friedrich Nietzsche When thoughts and actions really matter, we frequently think and act against better judgement and reason.  … Continue reading →

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