Steve’s Midlife Crisis

Midlife from a Man’s Perspective

Entries Tagged ‘sadness’

Part of My Life’s Story in Song

All of us have a bundle of suffering that we carry with us every day. One of the larger items in my own bundle is a condition called Asperger’s syndrome (AS). I don’t know all the nuances of this condition, but as I understand it, Asperger’s syndrome results from a person’s brain being “wired” neurologically […]

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Chicago Horses in the Summer

I see horses tied to carriages on the hot Chicago streets during the summer.  As I pass them, I can feel the heat rising up from the pavement.  The horses are wearing blinders, but I can still see some of their eyes as I walk by them.  I see sadness in those big, black eyes.
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Senior Citizen Forced to Live in Her Car with Her Dogs

While the rich wring their hands and keep telling the peasants that we are in a “recession,” and the Saudi Arabians basically tell President Bush to eff off when he tries to talk to them about oil prices, ordinary people are struggling.
This story makes me angry.
That anyone is homeless in the United States of America […]

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