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Francis Erich McElroy

Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.

  • Misery Loves Company

    In this early recovery I am realizing that if I don’t side with the ideology of sobriety I won’t have any friends to share with the fact that I am sober. If I can’t share it, I won’t be sober much longer because of my own persuasion to seek what I know. My reason for…

  • The Duel

    I have an affinity for making something out of nothing. I can take a blank piece of paper and with words make a mountain seem not so majestic. I do this by dimming down the description of the land mass, portraying its majesty as an obstacle in my way rather than a canvas for something…

  • The Philosophy of Why

    “Memory is sometimes understanding the when,  where, who, and what but never the why.” -FEM   To understand these questions you need to pick an object, place, or person in time and give them a  characteristic and name. Put another way, if you were given any topic in history to discuss, you would have to…

  • Motivation

    “If I had to count the times I didn’t do what I set out to do I wouldn’t count myself out.” -FEM   Motivating yourself to continue being stubborn towards setting goals is like training all day to get ready for bed. Training means you have an expectation of where you’d like to be in…

  • The Oligarchy of Art

    “I practice self awareness when people react to me.” -FEM   It’s good to have an audience but it’s best to personify those things that attract attention before revealing to the curious your line of creativity. What better way to know your own material than becoming the maker of the mold not the material. With…