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Heartless People

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-12T19:42:10Z in Personal Development, with these tags: careers, courage, evil, fear, good, heart, life, love, mission, people, power, purpose, truth, 10 Comments. 3,321 words.

2009-12-20 Update: Be careful not to become too jaded or polarized from reading this.

It’s easy to forget how heartless most people are when you’re not around them.

At the beginning of the semester, my speech teacher asked all the students what their majors were, and what they were going to do with their lives. What did he get?

Boring replies.

No conviction. No one was committed to anything they said. There were a lot of “I don’t know”s. Those are bad, but even worse are the people who have been brave enough to “choose” a path… but they’ve chosen one that inspires no …

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Becoming a Vegetarian

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-10-01T11:26:49Z in Personal Development, with these tags: animals, cancer, courage, fear, food, freedom, life, mission, vegetarianism, 38 Comments. 3,614 words.

2009-12-20 Update: Take this article with a grain of salt as I’ve switched back to eating meat once and am now eating fish to help my brain. The Bible says that animals are here for us to eat. However, we must all recognize the cruelty in the factory farming system. Life is a balance of shades of gray. Animals are nowhere near as important as people.

I decided today that I’m becoming a vegetarian, today.

Actually, I decided yesterday, but I’m pegging the day as October 1 because that will be easier to remember when I’m 102. I won’t be able to …

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