Tough, or centered?

The fact that you’re afraid of it doesn’t mean it exists. If you stand in a brightly-lit room, and look into a dark room, you won’t be able to see what’s really in there. You will see, instead, whatever you imagine; if you choose to be afraid, you’ll see things to be afraid of. And the more afraid you become of them, or alternatively the more you hate them, the more vivid the images become, the more real they appear — even though they don’t exist at all. This is the bogeyma

In recent weeks it has been a matter of some chagrin to me that my Yahoo! News feed keeps bringing articles from major outlets that prove in my estimation to have far less merit than my own; while my own work continues to be ignored.

“Embracing what is,” a four-part series: • As seen on TV: The new, improved hubris • Belief: The unforgivable sin • Rationalism cannot save us. • Hell has an exit.

At the risk of copyright violation, I’m reproducing the whole text; from here. Published August 26, 2014 | O’Reilly Factor | Bill O’Reilly By Bill O’Reilly Last night on The Factor, Megyn Kelly and I debated the concept of white privilege whereby some believe that if you are Caucasian you have inherent advantages in America. Talking Points does not, does not believe in white privilege. However, there is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding

(Originally published 09/06/13 at Trojan Horse Productions. Reblogged 07/13/17.) I keep telling them not to let guys sit on the bench in the shower buck naked. They don’t listen. So again, Friday night 08/30/13, when I went to put my stuff on the bench, here was this heavy brown smudge. I carefully avoided it, but I told the peacekeeper, Philip, since he has access to gloves, rags and bleach, and I don’t. He was texting. When I came out of the shower to dry off and dress,