Writings and Reflections from a Life in Words

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David L Heaney

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I’m an Introvert. Why Do I Feel So Different?

...experience taught us other people liked extraverts more than they did introverts. We learned, over time, introversion was, if not a disability, certainly a deficit.

In Praise of Our Differences

Efforts to marginalize the different, the dissenter, and the peculiar are short-sighted and arise from ignorance rooted in fear of what we have yet to understand or having to bear the burden of a solitary life because we are "odd".

CHOOSING SIDES

In such a complex world with uncertainty written into every aspect of our life, what right have we to believe that moral certainty belongs to us or that to which we are entitled. There is no certainty. And that is the only certainty we have to embrace.

Lost and Found

It is a very strange place in which we find ourselves. There is little that is recognizable for those who failed to assimilate the slow but steady loss of liberty and the decency we extend to those with whom we share this world. It is not a stretch to suggest that we are lost. Very lost.

BECOMING HOME

Yeah, I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here. But, listen, as my last post stated we have been moving. And now, we’re here in Charleston, South Carolina and our move is complete. I’m joking, of course. Moving is an extended process involving a succession of taskes, not a discrete event. Downsizing […]

MOOD SWINGS, TRUMP, AND PURGATORIO

I believed after January 6th things would stabilize. But it hasn’t. The world has shifted on its axis and so much has changed. I thought many were fascinated by the novelty and showmanship of Trump and this would diminish in favor of the stability most people cherish. But I am coming to believe that I have gotten this all wrong.

Elections: Working for Optimism

I woke this morning feeling disoriented , angry, annoyed, impatient, and frustrated by the re-election of Donald Trump. I think from the list of these emotional descriptors, the one most worthy of exploration is ‘disoriented’ because it encourages seeking greater understanding and harvesting maybe a few insights. Kamala Harris generally didn’t evoke the same level of intensity as Trump. Harris’ rallies were attended by the happy […]

The Unexpected Offers the Unexpected

The unexpected hovers over our very fragile and personal worlds as both curse and blessing.

Hello, Goodbye, Hello. We’re Moving…Again!

The places we go, the homes we create, the things we accumulate, the people we come to know, and the communities to which we attach ourselves all figure into the mix of what it takes to define us a person.

Memories, Realities, and the Home we Create

Memories belong to the one who constructs them. They are never fully objective or subjective but a mix of both, colored by time and the frequency with which we visit them. We surely tinker with them as we visit them again and again. And as we grow old, they may weigh us down or perhaps elevate us. The sheer quantity of all these memories is