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Plato's Allegory of the Cave
[ DISCLAIMER ] For most of my life, I was allegorically chained to a wall in the cave of ignorance (lacking of knowledge, education, or...
Deric Hollings
Apr 307 min read
Mind Over Matter
[ DISCLAIMER ] When listening to an electronic dance music (EDM) DJ set from Marixia , I heard the track “ Mind Over Matter ” by...
Deric Hollings
Mar 155 min read
Stone Skipping and Skimming
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout childhood and into early adulthood, I enjoyed stone skipping and skimming —the art of throwing a flat stone...
Deric Hollings
Mar 145 min read
Acronym Symbolizing Any Purpose
[ DISCLAIMER ] Throughout the years, I’ve enjoyed some hip hop music released by the ASAP Mob (stylized as A$AP Mob). Regarding the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 196 min read
Did I Change?
[ DISCLAIMER ] On his debut solo album Chick Magnet (2004), Texas hip hop legend Paul Wall released the song “ Did I Change ” which...
Deric Hollings
Feb 167 min read
Here We Go
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1999, English electronic dance music (EDM) duo The Chemical Brothers released their highly successful album...
Deric Hollings
Feb 165 min read
I Am Not Afraid to Die
[ DISCLAIMER ] Over the past several years, I’ve had many conversations with a fellow United States (U.S.) Marine Corps veteran...
Deric Hollings
Feb 47 min read
Forgiveness vs. Acceptance
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , property of Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, fair use After many years have passed since I saw Grosse...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25 min read
One Neva' Know, Do One?
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled Unconditional Acceptance , I listed a number of adages used by my late stepmom (featured to my...
Deric Hollings
Jan 306 min read
Traditional ABC Model
[ DISCLAIMER ] Imagine that you sought my services for mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”). Aside...
Deric Hollings
Jan 97 min read
Life-Downing
[ DISCLAIMER ] The current blog entry is intended to serve as a threequel to recent blogposts entitled Self-Downing and Other-Downing...
Deric Hollings
Jan 810 min read
A Question of How
[ DISCLAIMER ] When attending military police (MP) training at Fort McClellan, Alabama (AL) in 1997, a high school friend of mine who...
Deric Hollings
Jan 59 min read
Accepting Exceptions
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use One core tenet of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is unconditional acceptance. This...
Deric Hollings
Mar 6, 20246 min read
Go with the Flow
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Although the above-featured image was generated using artificial intelligence, the scene reminds me...
Deric Hollings
Mar 2, 20247 min read
The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
[DISCLAIMER] I at least prevailed in art As a child, the only school subject in which I excelled was art. My dad and older sister were...
Deric Hollings
Feb 27, 202411 min read
(I Know I Got) Skillz
[DISCLAIMER] In 1993, I had a set of aftermarket 5”x7” Pioneer speakers with a Pioneer head unit that played cassette tapes in my Ford...
Deric Hollings
Feb 13, 20244 min read
Goin' Thru a Thang
[DISCLAIMER] A month after I graduated high school and had no idea what I’d do with my life, rap group The Dayton Family released an...
Deric Hollings
Feb 11, 20245 min read
Building Sandcastles
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In elementary school, I looked through the pages of an encyclopedia collection and came upon an image...
Deric Hollings
Feb 8, 20244 min read
Acceptance is Losing?
[DISCLAIMER] A close friend of mine, “Blanca,” recently sent me an Instagram reel in which an individual stated the following: The person...
Deric Hollings
Feb 4, 20248 min read
Perverse Qualifiers
[ DISCLAIMER ] Perverse qualifiers Have you heard terms such as “our democracy,” “the science,” “hate crime,” or other rhetorical...
Deric Hollings
Jan 31, 20249 min read
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