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Virtue Makes Adversities Bearable
[ DISCLAIMER ] When enlisting in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps (1996), I didn’t think much of virtue (conformity to a standard...
Deric Hollings
Sep 1, 20256 min read
The Cause of My Irritation Is Not in This Person but in Me
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 31, 20256 min read
Deep Inside
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 27, 20255 min read
You Are Not Your Image
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 26, 20258 min read
Power to Alter Your Circumstances
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 25, 20256 min read
Today's Gift Is the Present
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken many years ago at Balboa Park in San Diego, California. With our backs to my then-wife, I...
Deric Hollings
Aug 24, 20257 min read
Ego and Self-Deception
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 22, 202510 min read
One Day It'll All Make Sense
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 20, 20257 min read
Doing Right or Wrong, as They See It
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use Despite social media platforms and legacy media outlets attempting to suppress information...
Deric Hollings
Aug 19, 202512 min read
Slavery Resides Under Marble and Gold
[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...
Deric Hollings
Aug 18, 20255 min read
An Indifferent Spectator
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use As a child, I saw depictions of angelic and demonic beings on the shoulders of people, serving...
Deric Hollings
Aug 17, 20256 min read
Tell Me With Whom You Consort
[ DISCLAIMER ] When discussing with a former friend about how I was brought up in Bomb City , where I befriended gangbangers while...
Deric Hollings
Aug 15, 20259 min read
Give Me Some Elbow Room
[ DISCLAIMER ] During my freshman year of high school, hip hop collective Da Lench Mob released its debut album, Guerillas in tha Mist...
Deric Hollings
Aug 12, 202511 min read
Take a Beat
[ DISCLAIMER ] If memory serves, I met “Antebellum” when we were both in the eighth grade. I was a resident in a children’s home...
Deric Hollings
Aug 11, 20258 min read
Live In What's Real, Despite Memory Reconstruction
[ DISCLAIMER ] In the early day of blogging for my website, I took a scholarly approach to writing. In particularly, self-references...
Deric Hollings
Aug 9, 202510 min read
Cost vs. Expense
[ DISCLAIMER ] On their 2025 album Breakfast at Christie’s , Breeze Montana and Chase N. Cashe released the track “ All’s Fair ”...
Deric Hollings
Aug 8, 20255 min read
Take an Inventory of Your Obligations
[ DISCLAIMER ] I recall working in a loss prevention role for a major retailer many years ago. Part of my duties entailed a tedious...
Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20257 min read
We Can't Live as Both Jekyll and Hyde
[ DISCLAIMER ] Although I hadn’t read Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , an 1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert...
Deric Hollings
Aug 4, 20255 min read
Self-Esteem and Self-Worth
[ DISCLAIMER ] Not long after my divorce, I took the above photo. Likely because I was dealing with irrational beliefs which...
Deric Hollings
Aug 3, 202516 min read
My Philosophy
[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken when I was assigned to the Marine Security Guard detachment in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil...
Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 202512 min read
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