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    Embracing the Contradictions and Complexities That Make Us Human
    mackfiler
    • Dec 19, 2020
    • 8 min

    Embracing the Contradictions and Complexities That Make Us Human

    Man is an embodied paradox, a bundle of contradictions - Charles Caleb Colton As I sit here drafting my own obituary in my head, I’m comp...
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    She Believed She Could. So She Did.
    mackfiler
    • Nov 30, 2020
    • 7 min

    She Believed She Could. So She Did.

    An Open Letter To Myself (And Anyone Else Who Needs To Hear This) See that girl over there? She was brave, fearless and driven. She had g...
    103 views1 comment
    This Too Shall Pass
    mackfiler
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 7 min

    This Too Shall Pass

    You Are The Sky. Not The Thunder, Lightning, Clouds or Rain. You Are The Sky.
    163 views2 comments
    The Fifteen Minute Pity Party     (With Flex Time)
    mackfiler
    • Oct 18, 2020
    • 8 min

    The Fifteen Minute Pity Party (With Flex Time)

    Go Ahead And Throw One - If Beyoncé Can Have One, Then So Can You
    161 views2 comments
    A Letter I Will Never Get To Send
    mackfiler
    • Sep 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Letter I Will Never Get To Send

    But Don't Need To: A Merry File.
    263 views0 comments
    A Call to SCOTUS: Stand In Defense Of Your Co-equal Branch
    mackfiler
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Call to SCOTUS: Stand In Defense Of Your Co-equal Branch

    A Collective Statement The Supreme Court Justices Should Release
    105 views1 comment
    What's In A Name?
    mackfiler
    • Sep 5, 2020
    • 5 min

    What's In A Name?

    My name ain't Susan. Or Mack for that matter.
    195 views3 comments
    My Birthday Wish(es).
    mackfiler
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    My Birthday Wish(es).

    An Open Letter To My Sons. On this day, my 48th birthday, I wish upon you many gifts.
    145 views0 comments
    Said The Buddha: Don't Judge Others, Because You Are Not Perfect
    mackfiler
    • May 19, 2020
    • 9 min

    Said The Buddha: Don't Judge Others, Because You Are Not Perfect

    As did Bob Marley. And my mother. And me. And also, duh…
    286 views0 comments
    Stop And Smell The Roses
    mackfiler
    • Mar 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    Stop And Smell The Roses

    Yeah, I know. It's not a rose. But that's not really the point...
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    Live, Love, Learn, LAUGH
    mackfiler
    • Feb 9, 2020
    • 6 min

    Live, Love, Learn, LAUGH

    I won’t remember each time I laugh or what it was that made me laugh, but I’ll never forget the first time.
    455 views0 comments
    To Thine Own Self Be True...But First, Know Thyself - Part I
    mackfiler
    • Dec 9, 2019
    • 11 min

    To Thine Own Self Be True...But First, Know Thyself - Part I

    A Socrates and Shakespeare mash up!
    156 views0 comments
    To Thine Own Self Be True...But First, Know Thyself - Part Deux (an interlude)
    mackfiler
    • Nov 9, 2019
    • 12 min

    To Thine Own Self Be True...But First, Know Thyself - Part Deux (an interlude)

    "Who Are You? Who Are You? I am a walrus."
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    To Thine Own Self Be True...But First, Know Thyself - Finale (finally...)
    mackfiler
    • Oct 9, 2019
    • 8 min

    To Thine Own Self Be True...But First, Know Thyself - Finale (finally...)

    "I am what I am and that's all what I am" Popeye
    176 views0 comments
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