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August 23, 2020August 23, 2020therippleeffect70x7

I Should Have Been Aborted

Right now, in our country, the debate is raging over who should be our next president. One of the most polarizing issues is based on the ever caustic arguments over abortion rights. Well, I am going to put a twist on this disagreement that you have never considered, and I am going to be very […]

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January 25, 2020March 22, 2020therippleeffect70x7

Keep Waiting

I am for once at a loss for words. What was and is and will be are colliding and it’s a bit of a mess right now. So much is going through my mind, I had to delete a couple hasty blogs and rethink myself. Seems to me I just wrote a song a few days […]

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January 12, 2020therippleeffect70x7

Special Thanks To You

I wanted to take a moment and thank you for a great year at alwaysrisealways!  It makes me happy to say that last year I received as many views as all previous years combined. I am hoping the content continues to be worthy of your time and consideration. Thanks, Chris

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September 9, 2019therippleeffect70x7

The Beginning of the Journey

I appreciate the encouragement to write.  I keep writing here as I can but to do something more serious, such as a book, isn’t possible at this point. I live everyday under enormous weight. Just to stand takes an unbelievable amount of strength. Not bragging or whining, just saying. I still struggle mightily with the […]

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June 22, 2019June 22, 2019therippleeffect70x7

A Little Something for the Drama Free Crowd

I see all these posts and gifs and quotes about wanting to be drama free. I think we need to agree on a definition of what drama is first. The dictionary says: “an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances.” Sounds like a normal bit o’ life to me. Whats so […]

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June 13, 2019June 13, 2019therippleeffect70x7

Betrayal, the Gift that Keeps on Giving

There is a reason people don’t stay together after a betrayal, every day is a constant reminder of the dirty deed. Whether you are the betrayer or betrayed its ever-present and only a moment from escalating any situation. Today I was reminded of my deed of shame, its like a knife that’s permanently stuck in […]

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June 13, 2019June 13, 2019therippleeffect70x7

Continuation

Today, it’s just another day in life, roughly 21,353 days of living. When I see that number I am disheartened. When you subtract working, sleeping, being a child etcetera it takes away from that number significantly.  I come up with 2,522 days of total freedom in 58 years. Thats only 44+ 24 hour periods to […]

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June 12, 2019June 12, 2019therippleeffect70x7

I Shoulda Stopped Chewing on those Guitar Knobs

We have a cat by the name of Kona. She is a full-blooded cat that comes with all the characteristics of same. She likes to claw everything, she loves to attack Asia, our other cat, with zero provocation, and she has a particular taste for the knobs on my bass guitar. For that reason I […]

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June 5, 2019June 5, 2019therippleeffect70x7

Thankful for…

My amazing wife. She has been through so much herself yet she has such strength to support me in my illness. SHE is an amazing beautiful woman with a deep inner resilience. I am the most fortunate of men to have her love.  

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  • Why Aren’t They New? February 26, 2020
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  • Maintenance Day Song Lyrics January 8, 2020
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  • Christmas Realities December 24, 2019
  • The River December 18, 2019
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  • Songs That Speak The Truth December 6, 2019
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  • It Takes as Long as it Takes November 23, 2019
  • You? I? November 11, 2019
  • Why is it…? November 11, 2019
  • Split Seconds November 11, 2019
  • Guilt-free Relaxation November 6, 2019
  • When You’re Tired of Running October 29, 2019
  • Seclusion October 24, 2019
  • Stand Still October 18, 2019
  • In The Shadows October 17, 2019
  • Fading Into Oblivion October 11, 2019
  • Lost My Motivation October 4, 2019
  • Pardon my Faux Pas September 30, 2019
  • Returning to a Civilized Existence September 30, 2019
  • The Art of the Deposition September 28, 2019
  • Coming to a Close September 24, 2019
  • The Burden September 23, 2019
  • Words September 22, 2019
  • Self-Destruct September 21, 2019
  • My Flaw to this Point September 20, 2019
  • The Failure of the Mental Health System September 19, 2019
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  • I am Sad Today September 16, 2019
  • Mental Health Documentary September 16, 2019
  • It’s Important to Clarify Some Things September 13, 2019
  • The Music was Silenced September 12, 2019
  • The Memorial that Moves Forward September 11, 2019
  • Anxiety at Any Time September 11, 2019
  • Lets Briefly Talk about Suicide September 9, 2019
  • The Beginning of the Journey September 9, 2019
  • The Unknown September 7, 2019
  • Update #…I don’t Know! September 6, 2019
  • Hope of Life September 4, 2019
  • Back in the Saddle September 2, 2019
  • Update August 30, 2019
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  • When Depression Descends August 27, 2019
  • Too Many Chances? August 26, 2019
  • The Core August 25, 2019
  • Existentialimits August 23, 2019
  • My (our) New Normal August 22, 2019
  • A Very Important Thank You August 21, 2019
  • Whom am I Trying to Convince? August 21, 2019
  • Mitigating Circumstances August 21, 2019
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  • The American So-Called Dream August 9, 2019
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  • Read This Article, Excellent! August 5, 2019
  • Hell Yes I am Angry August 5, 2019
  • Mental Illness is Real! August 5, 2019
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  • The Consistency of Inconsistency August 3, 2019
  • A Series of Unrelated Thoughts-my Apologies in Advance! August 1, 2019
  • Paranoia Kills August 1, 2019
  • No August 1, 2019
  • Airport Therapy July 31, 2019
  • 267.5 July 30, 2019
  • 30% July 30, 2019
  • Am I Entertaining You? July 29, 2019
  • Living Inside a Bubble July 29, 2019
  • The Nagging Feeling July 28, 2019
  • Euroclydon July 26, 2019
  • Flying July 26, 2019
  • News Flash! July 25, 2019
  • You Stole My Love July 25, 2019
  • In Your Neighborhood July 25, 2019
  • Wrapping Up July 23, 2019
  • In the Balance July 19, 2019
  • Back in for Treatment July 16, 2019
  • Justifying Mental Disease July 16, 2019
  • What’s The Point? July 12, 2019
  • Ever-present July 8, 2019
  • Sorry, but No Forgiveness For You! July 8, 2019
  • Choose Wisely, Grasshopper July 1, 2019
  • We Are Many July 1, 2019
  • the rip[ple] effect June 27, 2019
  • Unexplainable June 26, 2019
  • This is No Life June 25, 2019
  • There’s Nothing Worse June 24, 2019
  • A Little Something for the Drama Free Crowd June 22, 2019
  • I am Not a failure, but that doesn’t Make me OK June 21, 2019
  • Can you Comprehend an Entire Life? June 18, 2019
  • When You’re Right June 18, 2019
  • Understanding June 17, 2019
  • Conflicted June 14, 2019
  • Betrayal, the Gift that Keeps on Giving June 13, 2019
  • Not inherently Positive June 13, 2019
  • Continuation June 13, 2019
  • Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide June 12, 2019
  • I Shoulda Stopped Chewing on those Guitar Knobs June 12, 2019
  • Why I Left The Church June 12, 2019
  • Al Mohler: The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention June 12, 2019
  • Southern Baptists meet; endorse steps against sex abuse June 12, 2019
  • Living in the Age of Feelings June 11, 2019
  • In The Moment June 10, 2019
  • Cadet’s rape conviction reversal panned by victim advocates June 8, 2019
  • Petra only got half way There June 7, 2019
  • Thankful for… June 5, 2019
  • When it all Falls Apart June 5, 2019

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