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In a world filled with distractions and pressures, self-awareness and balance are essential for personal growth and well-being. Self-awareness is the ability to recognize our emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, while balance allows us to manage them in a healthy way. Together, they help us make better decisions, build stronger relationships, and navigate life’s challenges with clarity and purpose. Without self-awareness, we may react impulsively, let negativity control us, or fall into unhealthy patterns. Likewise, without balance, we risk burnout, stress, or losing sight of what truly matters. Achieving both requires reflection, mindfulness, and a willingness to grow. It means knowing when to push forward and when to step back, when to speak up and when to listen. By cultivating self-awareness and striving for balance, we create a more fulfilling and intentional life—one where we act with purpose rather than simply react to the world around us.

It’s a common saying: you become what you despise. But what does it really mean? At its core, this idea suggests that when we fixate on something we hate—whether a trait, a belief, or an ideology—we risk adopting its very qualities. Without realizing it, our intense opposition can shape our thoughts, actions, and even our identity, leading us down a path we once swore to avoid. It may also be that what we hate the most in others are reflections of something within ourselves. The Paradox of Hatred History is filled with examples of people and movements that, in their efforts to fight injustice, eventually mirrored the very things they opposed. A leader who rises against oppression may become authoritarian when in power. A person who despises cruelty may, in their mission to expose it, adopt harsh and unforgiving methods themselves. When hatred fuels our actions, it blinds us, making…

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After using another domain name, I decided to revert back to BuzzardPress.com as my primary domain. No real reason for it except, perhaps, that this was the first real domain name I ever used for a website. I’ve registered and used many, many others, but have decided to stick with this one until I no longer have any interest in using website. That day will come. But not today!

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is having a spotlight on cities by hosting a City to City component. This year, its first, TIFF is spotlighting Tel Aviv. While Cameron Bailey, the festival’s co-director in his first year at TIFF, is a well-known and-respected personality, he seems to have made a serious faux pas. It is well and good to think of Tel Aviv in a vacuum – as just another city in this modern, hectic, and mondo-cool, world, he and his “team” at TIFF have conveniently forgotten the plight of the Palestanian people in that city. Moreover, they seem to think that separating Tel Aviv from Israel would separate the oppressive state from its oppressive tactics and practices. I’m not much of a TIFF person and never have been. I lined up once about twenty years ago and thought I would never like to do it again. I’ve received a…

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Labor organizer succumbed to long battle with brain cancerfrom Associated PressMon., Sept . 14, 2009 RALEIGH, North Carolina – Crystal Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film “Norma Rae,” has died. She was 68. Sutton died Friday in a hospice after a long battle with brain cancer, her son, Jay Jordan, said Monday. “She fought it as long as she could and she crossed on over to her new life,” he said. Actress Sally Field portrayed a character based on Sutton in the movie and won a best-actress Academy Award. Field said in a statement Sutton was “a remarkable woman whose brave struggles have left a lasting impact on this country and without doubt, on me personally. Portraying Crystal Lee Sutton in ‘Norma Rae,’ however loosely based, not only elevated me as an actress, but as a…

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