Justin Fenwick

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A Chinese cookie fortune frees me from life’s maze

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ March 4, 2008 ⋅

“You emerge victoriously from the maze you’ve been traveling in.” Life sure does feel like a maze, does it not? Wandering looking for the right direction, knowing at any moment we might walk right into a wall. The worst part is that we are often doomed to back-track. At best, we find ourselves busting through [...]

The child-man, gay-infant, and adult-girl

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ February 26, 2008 ⋅

Are adults made? A recent article by Kay Hymowitz from City Journal suggests something about young men today in our society: Today’s single young men hang out in a hormonal limbo between adolescence and adulthood. Child-Man in the Promised Land by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal Winter 2008 The suggestion is that for various social [...]

Live selfishly, by being selfless

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ February 24, 2008 ⋅

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier -Albert Schweitzer And now time to define: self·ish /ˈsɛlfɪʃ/ –adjective 1. devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others. 2. characterized by or manifesting concern or care [...]

Love to live, live to love

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ February 14, 2008 ⋅

Happy Valentine’s Day! My man left a bunch of quotes on my desk this afternoon. I figured I would share them with you all. For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof; the work for which all other work is [...]

Oranges over minorities

By Justin Fenwick ⋅ February 13, 2008 ⋅

This entry is coming from an interesting experience I had yesterday. Shedding light on my cultural background and growth I realized that your environment can really influence impulses. I found myself wondering why I picked oranges over minorities. I’d just enjoyed some nice gulps of water, post workout. I was waiting for my fair weather [...]