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Acts of Kindness

I don’t know why it is that so many people feel obliged to denigrate those who do random acts of kindness. In this unstable world, with everything collapsing around us, the failing economy, our privacy rights violated by the government, the huge number of bank foreclosures, and violence in every corner of the world, you would think that people would celebrate the heroic acts or gestures of humanity shown by some. During this past year, there have been some celebrities …

One of the hardest decisions to make is the one about taking a loved one off life support after you have been told that all the tests show conclusively that s/he is brain dead and, if he lives, he will be a vegetable. I have a Living Will stating that I don’t want to be resuscitated, nor do I want to live with brain damage. That said, I have seen and heard about so many miracles in my life that …

Men have always lived by a different set of rules than women. For the most part, it’s been a man’s world and they have benefited from the double standard. But there are a few things that aren’t to their advantage and if they knew how to change it, they would. Take, for example the purses that men used to carry. For a while, it was strange to see men in business suits carrying purses, but then we got accustomed to …

Most of us grew up on fairy tales and we went on to reading them to other kids, those we babysat for and those we parented. Most of us took something from those stories and let them influence our lives in subtle ways.

The story of Cinderella is a classic example. Little girls listened to the words being read to them and in their subconscious mind they waited for Prince Charming to sweep them off their feet and carry them off into the sunset, knowing that they would never have to worry about anything because their prince would take care of everything.

Rhode Island is the latest state to try to make it a crime to post explicit photos of ex-spouses or romantic partners on the Internet. They are looking for a way to make revenge porn a felony punishable by jail time and fined, without violating constitutional rights. This is a slippery slope. When someone gives a lover permission to take racy pictures of her, she has no right to call foul. Most of the complaints I’ve run across are from …

We’re so accustomed to being passive when we run up against a force that is stronger than us that we cheer the little guy who takes on an airline. It seems that an airline dumped a rabbi from its frequent flier club for complaining too much. This wasn’t just someone who flew several times a month; this was someone who was a valued customer because he attained Platinum Elite status for flying 75,000 miles a year. The airline claimed that …

We keep thinking that we are the most technologically advanced civilization in the history of the world but there continues to be proof that we are not. Archeologists keep finding tools from ancient civilizations that are in keeping with the tools we use in the modern world. They have found tools that resemble our modern scalpels so we can assume they had a knowledge of surgery and the human body. We already know that their use of herbs was the …

When I first heard the term, repurpose, I thought it was something new, but then I found out that it just meant that if you were given a gift that you didn’t like or couldn’t use, you would wrap it up and give it as a gift to someone else. In theory, that sounded like a great idea until I remembered a few things. Many years ago, long before the term, repurpose, came into vogue, a woman I knew had …

Too many women pass up golden opportunities to meet and marry decent guys who aren’t especially good-looking or who don’t have a lot of money. They are waiting for Mr. Right to come along and sweep them off their feet. They are looking for that special someone who has it all: money, looks, charm, and sex appeal. Not that I can blame them for wanting it all, but somewhere along the way, they become desperate, wondering if they will ever …

It’s very common for couples to break up around the Christmas holidays or birthdays. There have been numerous stories about people who have broken up with their partner around an important date only to get back together a month or two after the date has passed. There are many reasons for this phenomenon. I remember a man who was very in love with a woman he had been seeing for many years. He was bemoaning the fact that he didn’t …

Connie H. Deutsch

Archive for December, 2013

Acts of Kindness

Hoping for a Miracle

The Secret Wish of Men

What Fairy Tales Taught Us

Making Revenge Porn a Crime

Modern Day David and Goliath

Catching up With Ancient Civilizations

Same Thing, Different Name

Waiting for Mr. Right

The Timing of Romantic Breakups

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