By Duane Hewitt A virtuoso guitarist will ultimately combine the highest degree of skills in a range of musical abilities that include precision, speed, musicality, technique, knowledge, ear training, listening, discipline, talent and growth. (It is understood that each term used here refers to musical skills.) And so the road […]
Month: November 2022
Help for Those in Need: Links and Resources
NOTE: Those organizations that requested a resource link be added to this site, please resubmit – and our apologies for falling so far behind through and after COVID. Dated November 27, 2024 Email: dhartsent@aol.com or go to Contact page. Thank you. Needing Help and Having Somewhere to Turn By Duane […]
Literature – what’s the point?
Literature – what’s the point? By Duane Hewitt Literature might best be described as written works of longstanding merit; particularly where the value lies in beauty of language or emotional effect. The term literature often applies to fiction that is notable, but literature also encompasses nonfiction, poetry, journalistic works, or […]
The Magic of Love – Creating your own special love story
By Duane Hewitt “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle You feel your pulse quicken each time you find yourself thinking about that person, which is seemingly endlessly. You can’t take your eyes off them when the two of you are near. You wonder where […]
PTSD: Risk and Resilience Factors
PTSD: Risk and Resilience Factors By Duane Hewitt Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can strike anyone, from young children to the elderly. A simplified definition of PTSD is the stress that follows being witness to or experiencing a terrifying or traumatic event. It is most often associated with war veterans and […]
Thinking About Suicide? A Word of Comfort to Those in Pain
By Duane Hewitt If you feel like you’re on the verge of suicide, please take a moment to read this… “If you’re looking for a sign not to kill yourself, this is it.” – Unknown Beyond debilitating injury, pain and disease, part of what causes us the anguish that can […]
Exercising and Advancing Consciousness
By Duane Hewitt Our brains are true powerhouses that are capable of far more than we may understand. These dynamos store what is likely unlimited information, process experience and thought, induce imagination (and all it encompasses), operate the human body and its many complex processes, are the key to identity, […]
The coming alien invasion – don’t want for it to happen
The coming alien invasion – don’t want for it to happen By Duane Hewitt If you think you understand anything about what it’s going to be like when Earth gets invaded by aliens, think again – because it’ll be like nothing you ever could have imagined. For starters, get it […]
When you can’t find someone to love
When you can’t find someone to love By Duane Hewitt Our inherent need to love can often feel sidetracked if we are unable to find someone to love. After all, we are meant to love as much as we need to be loved. But what if we are unable to […]
How to Think
How to Think By Duane Hewitt We’re expected to do it all our lives. From our earliest time of learning to our later years it is engrained in us that this is something we must always do. Doing it well can be extremely beneficial to us. Doing it poorly can […]
Near Death Experiences: What we can learn from them
Near Death Experiences: What we can learn from them By Duane Hewitt Here in 2020, it seems that the doors have been flung wide open regarding the topic of the Afterlife and the purpose of life on earth through the many accounts of Near Death Experiences. No longer just the […]
I shall not live in vain
By Duane Hewitt If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain;If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robinUnto his nest again,I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickenson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) In her […]
When Angels Weep
When Angels Weep By Duane Hewitt We humans must surely give angels reason to weep. From our treatment of one another, to how we treat life on the planet, down through the ages with crime, war, violence, our efforts to control one another, and all the cascading things we do […]
Hope and Hopelessness
Hope and Hopelessness By Duane Hewitt If there are things in this life that are worth dying for, then there must be equally great things worth living for. The most critical time in any battle is not when one feels spent and exhausted, but when that same person no longer […]
Our Need for Touch
Our Need for Touch By Duane Hewitt As feeling, physical beings we have a need for touch. Touch, that is, good, feeling, sensitive touch that is not hostile or threatening, calms. It soothes. It can excite us as well as quell any discomfort within us Our skin is the largest […]
Coping skills: Finding ways to survive
Coping skills: Finding ways to survive By Duane Hewitt Coping is crucial to us all. Whether we deal with an angry and difficult boss, have financial problems, are going through a crisis on account of Covid-19, or are facing life challenges like cancer or the death of a loved one, […]
The need for talking circles and discussion groups
The need for talking circles and discussion groups By Duane Hewitt More than ever, there may be a need for discussion groups and talking circles. Call it a resurgence of an old tradition. But the fact of the matter is we do need to connect with one another, and this […]
Aging Well
By Duane Hewitt The thought of aging might be distressing but we needn’t equate aging with a slow demise to death. So many of the things we fear about aging have become almost clichéd, but there are things we can do to age well. Keeping our minds active: No matter […]
Suicide – When pain exceeds resources to cope
Suicide – When pain exceeds resources to cope By Duane Hewitt Have you ever thought about suicide? Are you thinking about it now? Please take a moment and read this first… Talking about suicide shouldn’t be unsettling. What is disturbing is that it happens at all. People feel driven to […]
An Apology to Our Readers
By Duane Hewitt We owe an apology to each and every one of our readers. We’ve been slow to add new articles and links as promised. The blame for this for the most part goes to the pandemic. Here in Toronto, it has been an unending series of lockdowns as […]