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J.F. Skubis
- Apr 15, 2018
- 6 min
The Fear of Fear
What if you were no longer afraid of being afraid? Fear can be a useful thing. It’s been a tool for us throughout as we have come to be at the top of the food chain. It can help us avoid many potential dangers. Being in a dark parking lot and feeling something is just not quite right about the people congregating and exchanging something across the way, seeing erratic behavior in a social environment from a person you do not know, or being in line at a convenience store and
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J.F. Skubis
- Dec 31, 2017
- 5 min
Duty Before Death
We can all be sure of one thing, it is an absolute, we will die. On Thanksgiving, I went home to celebrate with my family, but we found we had to deal with something other than just celebration. My sisters and I found my father deceased. It had been many years of mental toil lying in wait for this to happen. My father did not care well for himself and as such was living on borrowed time. When younger he had driven himself into the ground. Poor diet, little to no exercise, alc
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J.F. Skubis
- Oct 3, 2017
- 3 min
The Nature of Progress
Progress is to move forward or onward in space or time. I’ve always thought it odd how people acknowledge progress in many areas but fail to see it in relation to themselves, their family, and lineage. Now I don’t mean in financial terms or quality of life as it stands. Those things are quite common to see. Generally speaking a lot of people want to improve upon and have it better than their parents had it and so on. I mean in terms of character, the mental and moral qualitie
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