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Loved and Accepted
I thought I had Discovered myself Within a place That resonated with my Vision and my Passion I went there to be loved and accepted Only...

jrdreistadt
Apr 19, 20171 min read


Blasting Zones
I had never been in a blasting zone before, nor had I even heard of them. But on a recent road trip through six states, I traveled...

jrdreistadt
Sep 10, 20152 min read


All Animals Have a Name
I often have ideas about things that I would like to do, but I don’t always act on those ideas. That is a good thing, as many of my ideas...

jrdreistadt
Sep 7, 20152 min read


The Meaning of Happiness
Happiness is something we all seem to want more of in our lives, but what exactly do we mean when we say that we want to be happy? The...

jrdreistadt
Jul 14, 20155 min read


Who Am I To Save The World?
As a naive young college graduate in the late 1990s, I can remember actually telling people who interviewed me as I embarked upon a...

jrdreistadt
Jul 2, 20151 min read
40 for 40 #1: Joan Osborne
Last summer, when listening to various tracks on my MP3 player while on a road trip, my mother mentioned that she loved Joan Osborne’s...

jrdreistadt
Jun 5, 20151 min read
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