Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Have you ever faced an impossible situation, and did the right thing at the critical moment? If so, did it almost seem as if you were watching yourself do it? Deep within ourselves is a failsafe mechanism that can come to our rescue if we let it. The key is to be willing to do [...]

Many years ago, I was working in a rehab. I had been counseling substance abusers. The time had come for me to decide if I wanted to get full certification. However, the perception that my co workers were sicker than the patients had changed things. I figured that if the other counselors became miserable, it [...]

Some years ago, I read a delightful book entitled “The Hobbit.” The story revolved around a tiny fellow known as a Hobbit. He had gone on a quest. In the story, he encountered a ferocious dragon named Smaug. This Dragon guarded a hoard of treasure in his underground lair. The hobbit took a piece of [...]

Every production line has its goofs. Even the best assembly line can occasionally make a defective item. That is why factories and other production lines have quality control. Items are checked to make sure they are up to standards. Defects may be caused by a fluke in the process or a substandard raw material. Either [...]

Today’s young people are always in a hurry. They expect everything quickly. Indeed, so many things are available with an amazing rapidity. Fast food restaurants can have your meal on your tray in less than thirty seconds. An easy dinner can be microwaved in minutes. Communication is instantaneous due to cell phone technology. Online ordering [...]

The Perdra Rune is also the dice cup. While some Runologers think this is an obtuse interpretation, facts show otherwise. Within Perdra is the mechanism of Wyrd. Just as an item undergoing a production process goes from raw materials to finished item, so Wyrd proceeds from past to present to future. The past is like [...]

The Perdra Rune is the process which releases the potential of raw material. So it is that clay becomes a sculpture, wood becomes a chair and pot metal is molded into a figurine. We know it as the spark of life and two cells uniting that is grown into a child. Ever notice how a [...]

The process of spiritual effort begins with a question. The exact nature of that question varies. For instance, a person who cannot intellectually accept the explanations of conventional religion might ask: “Why?” “Why is one man’s life successful and another seems cursed? Why are we here?” The person who is seeking to better himself might [...]

In the Eddas, Tyr is described as the War god. He is one God among several. Tyr appears to have no special importance. His main events are the capture of a cauldron from his Jotun forbear, and the binding of the Fenris Wolf. The Eddas are a later collection of myths and legends, mainly from [...]

One of the most frustrating things is living among people who will not listen to you. They are so full of what they want to do that they do not hear anything else. The usual result is that someone gets hurt and everyone involved has regrets. All too late, the regretful ones realize that they [...]