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How can I help my mum?

The first step is to find her a competent doctor--and not the kind who would put someone on "stress leave" for two months or longer.

Her symptoms sound like classic depression. And, yes, until she gets involved with something, something on which she can focus, she will idle away her time with no resolution in sight.

But getting someone with depression to do something is like pushing a wet noodle uphill. She needs a competent doctor or psychiatrist to get to the root cause of her depression--and not just dispense pills.

Most doctors just want to get people out of their office as fast as possible. Find one who cares--and has the requisite knowledge to help.

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Wishes.

Yes, Anon, have you wished upon your star yet?

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One of the most interesting things in life is to learn about stages and stations.

Big Al and I are on the same philosophical sheet of music.

I am an "Occam's Razor" person. Too many philosophies carry too much baggage to be useful. And most "philosophical systems" are micro in scope.

Without a macro view, we cannot see the forest for the trees.

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I get overwhelmed with feelings of failure

Confucius said, "Never let others judge your potential based on their limitations!"

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The movie help dot com is coming to a theatre near you.

Michael Caine--was told I look like him today!

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Difference between help and advice?

I will give unvarnished advice. Often the person asking for guidance has undergone some trauma, and their mind is a trainwreck--so telling them they have to make a decision is counterproductive. They CANNOT make a decision in their current state without some solid input. Wishy-washy advice is no help, and just gives them more variables to juggle. That is why I tell others what I would do in their place.

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One of the most interesting things in life is to learn about stages and stations.

As I see it, I have a choice between two world views.

1. There is no God. We are here due to a series of cosmic and biological accidents. We all have a finite existence in a finite cosmos. We will all eventually die and our consciousness will fade into oblivion. About five billion years from now, the sun will expand to the orbit of Mars and incinerate the earth. Some trillions or quadrillions of years from now, the last star will wink out and the cosmos will be engulfed in everlasting darkness. Some google trillion years from now, the last proton will disintegrate and there will be absolutely nothing left to say that we lived, that we loved, or that we counted for anything.

2. There is a God. There is a Plan. Our physical death will not be the end of our consciousness. The old cosmos and earth will pass away, but they will be replaced by a new cosmos with a new earth. We will live forever and our minds will keep expanding. We will have attained eternal paradise.

Nothing we do matters if the first world view is correct.

Everything we do matters if the second world view is correct.

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safer way to find roommates than craigslist?

Craigslist is definitely too risky.

How about checking bulletin boards at your nearest university?

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Happy new year guys :)

Happy New Year!

May everyone have a safe, happy and prosperous New Year!

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I was once married.

Remember the quote from Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock character:

"I'm not a psychopath--I am a high functioning sociopath!"

And my favourite:

"Just because I'm on the side of the angels doesn't mean I'm one of them!"

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