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the fable of the truly powerful penguin

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Michael Patton

One morning, a little penguin, hoping to escape his feelings of littleness, swam out to an iceberg. As he hopped onto the berg to bask in the sun, he imagined life as a powerful giant… …but soon fell asleep and … Continue reading →

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fable of the poor man who raised the sun

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Michael Patton

The rising of the sun depended upon the pharaoh. Or so the people believed… …because every morning just before dawn, Pharaoh went to the riverbank…opened his arms to the horizon…recited a prayer to summon the sun… …and—lo and behold!—the sun … Continue reading →

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a mixed-up mix

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Michael Patton

Politics and religion wouldn’t seem to be a good mix… After all, don’t have they different objectives? Politics is about winning and losing…about one side against the other… …whereas religion (ideally) tries to get us to realize there really are … Continue reading →

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our man, our mirror

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Michael Patton

As I see it, we’ve chosen a mirror… …a big-mouthed mirror… …to be our next president. According to my theory… …we elected this mirror because we’re trying to wake ourselves up.  Shock ourselves awake. We’re saying to ourselves: consider that … Continue reading →

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