General Articles

By Patrick Carpen: The Greatest Writer On Earth

Great Website?

Primary menu

  • More of Patrick Carpen
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Special Contributors

Category Archives: Thought Provoking

Would You Want to Live to 150 Years?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! Scientists say they’ve invented a pill that could make you live to 150 years. Continue Reading →

What Does it Mean to Believe?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! Published: 18th of April, 2023 Faith and belief are to closely linked ideas and Continue Reading →

Is the Love of Money Really the Root of All Evil?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! First Published on 26th of September, 2021 by Patrick Carpen. One Sunday evening, as Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Do You Waste Food?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! First Published: 31st of December, 2020 by Patrick Carpen. I was having diner with Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Are You Really Possessed, Cora?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! This is a continuation from, “Stories of the Supernatural.” When Cora fired those words Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Faith Versus Fear

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! First Published: 3rd of November, 2019 by Patrick Carpen. You have often heard sayings Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

The Rich are not Really “Rich.”

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! In my book, “How Money Becomes a Curse,” I described several ideas related to Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Not All Bad Things Are Bad

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! Not all bad things are bad, and not all good things are good. – Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Seasons Change, Feelings Change, People Change

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! If you’re going through something a bit distressing right now, you may take comfort Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

The Power of the Placebo Effect

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! Page First Published: 23rd June, 2019 Has someone ever said something so positive to Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Can There Be More than One Truth?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! During a recent trip to my home county of Berbice, Guyana, South America, I Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Have You Ever Wondered?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! Have you ever wondered why they taught you so many times in primary school Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Read General Articles by Guyanese Writer “Patrick Carpen.”

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! Have fun reading, discussing and sharing fun and thought – providing articles on a Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Is Time Travel Possible?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! I don’t see any practical wisdom in the idea that traveling through time is Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Distracting the Enemy – the Smuggler

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! The story is told of the smuggler who lived close to an overland border Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

There’s No Place Like Home?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! You’ve probably heard the saying, “no matter where you roam, there is no place Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Lucid Dreaming: Could this be Real?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! A few years back, I was reading an article on “lucid dreaming.” I couldn’t Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Three Wooden Crosses – A Song That Will Touch Your Heart

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! When I first heard this song, it touched my heart, and I’m sure it Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Solomon and the Two Mothers: What Can We Abstract?

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! The story is told of the biblical king Solomon. Solomon, the son of the Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

How to Get Money You Didn’t Work For

Did you enjoy this article? Be sure to like my Facebook Page, Patrick Carpen, for more! Category: The Laws of Money I mentioned in my article “Those Who Worship Hard Continue Reading →

Leave a reply

Pages

  • Beliebers And Selenators
    • Solomon and the Two Mothers: What Can We Abstract?
  • Do You Like Money?
  • Dog Training
  • Entertainment and Celebrities
    • A Beautiful Song – An Ironic Story: America
    • Chris De Burgh: A Tribute to a Great Singer
    • Cutest Video of the Year: My Heart Fell in Love with You
    • Days of Our Lives
    • Gunman World by Damian Marley
    • Izzy Azalea
      • Fancy by Izzy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
    • Like A Rainfall Down My Soul
    • The Terminator – Movie
      • Why Not Part 111?
    • Three Wooden Crosses – A Song That Will Touch Your Heart
  • God Used Symbolism to Convey a Life Changing Message to Peter
  • How to Get Money You Didn’t Work For
  • Improving Your Memory
    • Remembering Phone Numbers
  • Incentivising Performance
  • Inspirational
    • A Beautiful Picture…A Touching Story
    • A Correction Worth A Million Dollars
    • A Song That Inspired Me
    • An Inspirational Story
    • Don’t Give Up
    • Focus Forward
    • Get Inspired by the Wright People
    • Go After Your Dreams – Boys and Girls
      • Don’t Mistake Your Vocation
    • How Precious is a Human Life
    • Patience Pays Off
    • Perfecting Your Product: How to Avoid Going Overboard
    • The Homeless Couple
  • My Travels
    • Ghost Stories from the Rupununi Savannas of Guyana
    • In Brazil, The Ice Cream Is Free
    • Stories of the Supernatural: Cora
      • Are You Really Possessed, Cora?
  • No Sweet Cane
  • Oh! Susanna – Children’s Song
  • Read General Articles by Guyanese Writer “Patrick Carpen.”
  • Reflections
    • Caching and Human Errors
    • Can Humans Fly?
    • Competitions Are OK and Fun
    • Even The Lion Has His Enemies
    • Facebook: The Heavy Impact of Social Media
    • Going to Take an Eye Test
    • Have You Ever Wondered?
    • How Did God Come About?
    • How Global Domains International Cost Me 50,000 US Dollars
    • Is Facebook Here to Stay?
      • Vanity and Jealousy: Why is Facebook So Wildly Successful
    • Is the Calendar Becoming Redundant?
    • Is The Professional Photographer Still Relevant?
    • Is Time Travel Possible?
    • Learning to Iron Clothes
    • My Experience With A Hindu
    • My Experience With Davison Inventegration
    • My Experience with Stone Evan’s Plug In Profit Site
    • Not All Bad Things Are Bad
    • Nothing Ever Changes
    • Only You Know What You know
    • People Don’t Like to Think
    • Save Water?
    • Signs of Inferiority
    • Social Challenges
    • Stupid
    • The Death of the Personal Computer?
    • The Death of the Printed Book?
    • The Devil In the Rum Bottle?
    • The Diversity of Life
    • The Empowerism Screw-Up With Janet
    • The Failure of Success University
    • The Good Life
    • The Guyanese-American Labor Industry
    • The Intelligence in Forgetting
    • The Rich are not Really “Rich.”
    • The Thin Line
    • The Time Machine
    • There’s No Place Like Home?
    • Variety Is The Spice of Life
    • War Crimes: The Most Blatant Redundancy
    • What is Money?
    • Work Less, Accomplish More.
    • Your Reflexes and Driving
  • Religion
    • Are You Richer Than I Am?
    • Atheist Accepts Christ During Argument
    • Can There Be More than One Truth?
    • How Childish is the Theory of Evolution?
    • Is the Love of Money Really the Root of All Evil?
    • Some Qualities of God According to the Bible
    • The Chicken and the Egg: A Case for Creation
    • The Golden Rule
    • The Skeptic’s Annotated Stupidity
    • They Shouldn’t Have To Ask For It
    • Those Who Trample on God’s Mercies
    • Which is the World’s Most Successful Religion?
  • Saving a House from Fire
  • Seasons Change, Feelings Change, People Change
  • Self-Improvement
    • Be Creative, Innovative and Transformative
    • Block Off and Ignore
    • Burning Out The Bad
    • Clear Shades to Prevent Computer Eye Strain
    • Faith Versus Fear
      • The Danger of Fear
    • Fight for What?
    • Harnessing the Power of Words
    • Love What You Do Or Do What You Love?
    • Maintaining Eye Contact
    • My “Thoughts” On The Secret
    • Peer Pressure
    • Problem Solving – Immersion
    • Reprogramming the Mind
    • Stick To The Plan
    • The Dangers of Correcting People
    • The Power of “I Have To”
    • The Power of Diligence
    • The Power of Forgetting
    • The Power of Giving
    • The Power of Giving Away
    • The Power of Ignoring People
    • The Power of Innovation
    • The Power of Letting Go
    • The Power of Meekness
    • The Power of Reading Widely
    • The Power of Staying Calm
    • The Power of the Placebo Effect
    • The Power to Overcome: Uproot Your Fears.
    • The Sun is Good For You
    • The Ultimate Raw Deal
    • The World Demands the Innovator and the Entrepreneur
  • Ten Traits of the Super-successful – In Random Order
  • Thank God He Didn’t Give Wings to Snake
  • The Healing Power of the Subconscious Mind
  • The Lopsided Glorification of War
  • The Power is in the List
  • The Soap Dish
  • Thought Provoking Issues and Ideas
    • Do You Waste Food?
    • How Did This Get Here?
  • Tremors of the Hands and Fingers and What it Signifies
  • Uncategorized
    • A Motorcycle Accident in Brazil
    • Distracting the Enemy – the Smuggler
    • Lucid Dreaming: Could this be Real?
  • What Are “General Articles by Patrick Carpen”?
  • What Does it Mean to Believe?
  • What is Globalization
  • What is Time?
  • Why do Humans Fight Wars?
  • Will Uploading Our Consciousness to the “Cloud” Make us Immortal?
  • Would You Want to Live to 150 Years?
You are at:
Patrick Carpen.com >>
General Articles

My Facebook Page!

My Facebook Page!
Copyright © 2026 General Articles All Rights Reserved.
Theme: Catch Evolution by Catch Themes
All original content on these pages is fingerprinted and certified by Digiprove