My little outburst here helped me calm down
Anyone believe in angels? Not the LA Angels or guardian angels, but I’m talkin’ ‘bout the synchronicities and energies and feelings and collective unconsciousnesses that we perhaps float in. And that may affect us. Like I just had another random thought about this, which is this question: how is a belief in “angels” qualitatively different from a belief in “God” or a in collection of axioms and principles known as a religion? I suddenly felt that a blog post was necessary. I am sitting here in my downtown Cleveland, OH Airbnb awaiting the start of a 3-day intensive seminar on teaching Smart Cycling, the League of American Bicyclists course. If I pass (I flunked last year in Eugene, OR), I will be an LCI (League Cycling Instructor) and my power to influence will be enhanced, presumably. After practicing my assigned 8- and 4-minute oral presentations, and after reviewing the flash cards for proctoring the on-the-bike sessions and noticing that I was dangerously close to paralyti...