Call me Ishmael. No, on second thought, just call me Patrick, but no ‘Pat,’ please, or my mom will freak out. I’ve taken 41 trips around the sun so …
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It’s funny how people can read the exact text and come away with a completely different meaning. Now, it’s typical to cherry-pick wisdom out of any …
When I was a young man in my 20s, I used to play music at open mic nights in bars with my band’s vocalist and lead guitarist, Vic. He wasn’t …
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Death is the elephant in the room at every birthday party, Christmas celebration, and family gathering as you get closer to the grave. I’m old enough …
Sit here. Surrounded by laughter and life in this house full. Ringing tension. It grows louder with every minute that passes. Dirty floors. Can’t get …
A poem by me while looking at my computer screen, waiting for inspiration to come. Thanks for reading! If you like this poem, you should purchase by …
I will come out and admit it; I tried to cheat the system using the follow-for-follow tag and got burned for it, fair and square. I gained 100 …
I joined a small group online today where we discussed a particular chapter of the Tao Te Ching, the ancient Chinese text, and the foundation of …
I thought I’d do something a little different tonight. Normally on Wednesdays, I always write a story in 10 minutes, and today I did. However, I …
So what is this all about, anyway? That’s what I like to think someone would have asked Lao-tzu after reading the first two chapters of his famous …
Meditation and I don’t get along. The relationship has always been rocky, and I feel sometimes she hates me just as much as I hate her. The most I …
I usually write about self-improvement, Taoism, or spiritual guidance and while I do throw in funny writing exercises from time to time, I try to …
∘ Time Up! Or Is It? ∘ The Montage Life ∘ 14,600 Days ∘ Go Write Your Next Sentence It happens to all of us. One day we are kids and 13,000 days later we …
If you’re like me, you don’t believe in Jesus or God, but your entire extended family does. I was raised southern baptist and I always heard that we …
Greetings! I find that my newsletters are some of my less read articles for The Taoist Online. So, I thought I’d try something different. If there’s …
I know it’s not a topic that generally produces a positive reaction in most people, but it’s the elephant in the room as you grow older. Generally, …
For most of my life, I was raised in a southern Baptist church, where my father worked. Growing up Christian in Texas was a revealing yet painful …
I don’t know if you’re ever going to read this, but I suppose at some point you’ll have to pull the book down off my shelf. To set the record …
I was born to the parents of James Stewart and my mother, Louise, in 1982. They already had two children, Jeremy, age 4, and Nicholas, age 1.5. Now …
Once upon a time, there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are …
I was born in 1982, and when I was a kid, I used to love watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. First, it was just a great show. Good characters, …
Where does my anxiety come from? That’s a question I’ve been asking my self over the past few years and I may have an answer. In order to find it …
Good evening friends! I wanted to take some time to write about the Tao Te Ching, specifically one of my favorite sections, chapter 2. In it, we find …
Once upon a time, there was a boy who was ten years old. He liked his family’s new computer because it had a color screen and a mouse. But most of …
Oh, where to begin? What can I say that has yet to be said a million times by more talented writers getting paid for their opinion? I can tell my …
My Relationship with Christianity & Why I Quit — Part 1 How to Deal with Hateful Christians — Part 3 Here is a quick recap of where I am in my story …
And Why You Should Use One Too Several years ago, I was suffering from undiagnosed anxiety and depression. In an attempt to help, many friends and …
When I was a boy around five years old, my father, who I haven’t seen in over 20 years, told me a joke. “Do you know the other name for a Brazil nut?” To which I replied with a simple no.
