LIFE: Ron Howard: Clint's addiction, 47+ years of marriage and rejected by George Lucus

Most of us first met Ron Howard when he starred as "Opie" on The Andy Grifith Show, then we knew him as Richie Cunningham on the long running TV show Happy Days. I doubt that any actor alive has been in front of a camera more often than him, and yet he's done some great films as a director as well. Here's an interiew of one of the great men of Hollywood, well worth taking the time to listen to.

Date posted to YouTube: August 23, 2023
Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes, 53 seconds

- Pseudo Boethius

LIFE: To Anyone Feeling LOST & UNHAPPY, Watch This To FIND MEANING In 2024 | Rick Rubin

The wisdom we all need for 2024 from Rick Rubin.

Date posted to YouTube: January 18, 2023
Length: 2 hours, 24 minutes, 18 seconds

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LIFE: Shunned Amish Woman interview-Mary

Mary talks about growing up Amish, what it was like. This video will break a lot of stereotypes you have about the Amish.

Date posted to YouTube: February 2, 2024
Length: 42 minutes, 24 seconds

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PHILOSOPHY: Marcus Aurelius' Advice if You’re Tired of Life

The principle at the core of stoic philosophy.

Date posted to YouTube: November 23, 2023
Length: 2 minutes, 28 seconds

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NDE: Peter Panagore "How Dying Taught Me that Death is Just the Beginning"

Peter has a REALLY interesting story to share.   Highly recommended.
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BOOK: "You are the Beloved"

A wonderful quote from the book "You are the Beloved":

"if you dare to believe that you are beloved before you are born, you may suddenly realize that your life is very, very special.  You become conscious that you were sent here just for a short time, for twenty, forty or eighty years, to discover and believe that you are a beloved child of God.  The length of time doesn't matter.  You are sent into this world to believe in yourself as God's chosen one and then to help your brothers and sisters know that they are also Beloved Sons and Daughters of God who belong together.  You're sent into this world to be a people of reconciliation.  You are sent to heal, to break down the walls between you and your neighbors, locally, nationally, and globally.  Before all distinctions, the separations, and the walls build on foundations of fear, there was a unity in the mind and heart of God.  Out of that unity, you are sent into this world for a little while to claim that you and every other human being belongs to the same God of Love who lives from eternity to eternity."

You Are the Beloved
Henri H. W. Nouwen
pg. 395

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SELF LOVE: "The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness"

"For the longest time, I believed that there’s only purpose of life: And that is to be happy.

"Right? Why else go through all the pain and hardship? It’s to achieve happiness in some way.

"And I’m not the only person who believed that. In fact, if you look around you, most people are pursuing happiness in their lives.

"That’s why we collectively buy shit we don’t need, go to bed with people we don’t love, and try to work hard to get approval of people we don’t like.

"Why do we do these things? To be honest, I don’t care what the exact reason is. I’m not a scientist. All I know is that it has something to do with history, culture, media, economy, psychology, politics, the information era, and you name it. The list is endless."

Read the rest of the article: The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness

2018-12-08  [P-B]

NDE: Michaela's NDE - Meeting With Her Future Family.

Michaela died soon after a horrible car accident, as she was being flown to the hospital.  She saw something interesting that you don't always hear about it with NDE testimonies: her FUTURE life!

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NDE: Tricia Barker's Conversations with NDErs: Episode #22 Sharon Milliman

Tricia Barker interviews Sharon Milliman who has literally met God the Father, the only person I've ever heard of who has had an encounter like this.   Many NDE experiencers have met Jesus and angels, but she's the only one I've found that has met God himself.  As is often the case with people who have had NDE's, Sharon had a very difficult life, and at one time was seriously considering suicide.  But, as you can imagine, the experiences she has had have totally transformed her life, and she has some tremendous wisdom to share.  While the NDE community's main message is that there is nothing to fear in death, the secondary message is how we need to live life in the here and now.   Good stuff!

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NDE: Agnostic Afterlife Experience - Nancy Rynes

Sunday, August 05, 2018


Length: 00:30:03

One of my favorite NDE people: Nancy Rynes, an atheist/agnostic who discovered that there REALLY is life after death.   She has quite an amazing story.

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NDE: Nancy Rynes' Near-Death Experience

Friday, August 03, 2018

Length: 00:38:19

One of my favorite near death experience testimonies, that of Nancy Rynes.

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ARTICLE: "I love Jesus but I want to die: what you need to know about suicide"

Saturday, July 07, 2018

What it feels like to be extremely depressed:

I was in California on a business trip, just yards from the beach, eating ice cream and laughing as the conversation drifted away from business. Eventually, somebody mentioned a friend-of-a-friend who had died by suicide.

The familiar ache and nausea filled my chest. My insides rattled when my coworker said he didn’t understand what would make someone feel like taking their life was the only option.

I swallowed hard and let out the breath I’d been holding. “I do.” For the first time in my life, I spoke up. “I completely get that. I’ve been there.”

My coworkers stared, jaws dangling in breathless shock. Finally, someone asked what it’s like to want to die. So I told them about the physical pain, the exhaustion, the heaviness. I told them it’s like dying of a terrible disease and wishing I could hurry it up, knowing things would only get worse.

Read the rest here:  "I love Jesus but I want to die: what you need to know about suicide"

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YOUTUBE: John F. Kennedy - The Declaration of Independence

Wednesday, July 04, 2018


Length: 00:10:34

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

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New Book: God is Always Hiring

A new book for the Pseudo Boethius library: