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Posted onJanuary 11, 2023January 14, 2023freedom, habit, happiness, James, reality, self, transformation

Facing the New Year: Optimist or Pessimist?

by Dr. Norris Frederick  As you think about the coming year, or your life in general, are you an optimist or a pessimist?  Is it better to be one rather than the other?   Or…

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Posted onOctober 15, 2022October 22, 2022family, happiness, religion, self, transformation

Gifts, Memory, and Self

“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just…

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Posted onSeptember 1, 2021October 14, 2022family, reality, self

Who Are You? Questions about the Self

By Dr. Norris Frederick Have you ever wondered who you are? Have you had the experience, like the ones I’ve recently had, of looking at old photos of yourself or reading old letters from yourself…

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Posted onMay 15, 2021May 20, 2021awareness, death, happiness, reality, self, transformation, wisdom

A Wise Woman and Bottle Trees

by Dr. Norris Frederick Bottle Trees We took a trip to visit our friend Flo recently.  She still lives independently, at age ninety-four, in her house, with the help of a community of friends and…

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Posted onNovember 19, 2020December 29, 2020anxiety, awareness, beauty, Buddhism, freedom, habit, James, self, transformation

Not What I Expected

text and photography by Dr. Norris Frederick “The great point is that the possibilities are really here.  The issue is decided nowhere else than here and now.  That is what gives the palpitating reality to…

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Posted onAugust 17, 2019January 15, 2020consumerism, Epicurus, happiness, pleasure, self

The Life of Stuff and the Life of Simplicity

by Dr. Norris Frederick In the video clip [1], George Carlin asks with his inimitable humor, “That’s the whole meaning of life, isn’t it: trying to find a place to put your stuff?”  In questioning…

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Posted onNovember 14, 2018January 15, 2020alienation, Aristotle, beauty, death, family, friendship, self

Friendship and David McKnight: Homeless, Musician, Journalist, Statesman, Friend

David McKnight at the Durham Farmer’s Market, Sept. 2014.  Photo by Bill Pope. By Dr. Norris Frederick Third and Final Part (part one is here and part two here)  “In poverty, too, as in all…

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Posted onSeptember 14, 2018January 15, 2020alienation, anxiety, Aristotle, beauty, friendship, self

What Else Matters? Friendship and David McKnight

By Dr. Norris Frederick Part Two In Part One (which you can read here), I wrote about my friendship with David McKnight, beginning in the mid-60’s with high school, where he was voted “Most Likely…

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Posted onJuly 25, 2018August 17, 2020anxiety, Aristotle, friendship, self

What Else Matters? Friendship

by Dr. Norris Frederick “No one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all the other good things.” –  Aristotle[1] David McKnight 1966 high school yearbook Aristotle is right: who would want…

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Posted onJune 12, 2018May 7, 2020anxiety, friendship, self

What Else Matters? Achievement

By Dr. Norris Frederick Second in a series After 28 years of attending and watching commencement exercises at Queens University of Charlotte, I’ve come to expect a certain routine of music, speeches, and the awarding…

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