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HOW OPINIONS FORM WITHOUT EFFORT

HOW OPINIONS FORM WITHOUT EFFORT

“Opinions” arrive quickly, like weather moving across the mind. They “form without effort,” often without reflection, and rarely with the weight of understanding behind them. An opinion can spring from the emotion or echo of someone else’s certainty. That is “why...

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EXCEPTIONAL THINKING

EXCEPTIONAL THINKING

The world’s most capable minds, from the quiet warriors of American Special Forces to the tragic heroes of...

HUMBLED

HUMBLED

I am writing this with the hope that no one will ever read it.  That is the only reason I can fully express what I...

INTUITION and IMAGINATION

INTUITION and IMAGINATION

One thing that life continues to teach me – sometimes gently, sometimes like it is trying to get my attention with a...

LIVE HAPPY

LIVE HAPPY

When I think about what truly supports a grounded and meaningful life, I often return to a few simple Buddhist...

UNDERSTANDING HEAVEN

UNDERSTANDING HEAVEN

 When people ask me about heaven, often before we have settled into the conversation, I tell them that my...

SILENT HEALERS

SILENT HEALERS

There are moments in a human life when the boundaries between the physical and the unseen thins, and something...

LIFE STRUGGLES

LIFE STRUGGLES

When I think of the people closest to me – the ones I care the most about – I find myself wanting to gather them all...

SILENCE

SILENCE

The anxiety in my life has a way of filling every corner of my existence with noise. Individual thoughts race, my...

LEARNING the HARD WAY

LEARNING the HARD WAY

There are times when we lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking about how we failed to learn from parts of...

SKEPTICISM and HOPE

SKEPTICISM and HOPE

“Skepticism” has followed me throughout most of my writing career. It has not been an enemy, but a shadow that insists...

About Bud Megargee

Bud Megargee is a former senior behavioral healthcare executive; a Washington, DC., healthcare lobbyist; and an independently published, best-selling and award-winning author. He began writing after exploring Eastern philosophy and alternative medicine techniques in the professional treatment of emotional challenges at a Taiwanese Buddhist monastery.