THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

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  • Living Deliberately—In Quiet Desperation

    My soul longed to stand tall, even as it remained shackled to the cowardice of my flesh.

    RMDell’Orfano

    January 21, 2026
    Autobio
    1960s America, academic materialism, faith and providence, Harvard, Henry David Thoreau, Jr., Living Deliberately, Martin Luther King, memoir excerpt, MIT, moral courage, Path Perilous, pilgrimage, Primitive diets, quiet desperation, Ralph Waldo Emerson, roots and branches, spiritual search, transcendentalism, Walden Pond
  • The Sickest Nation on Earth

    America spends more on health care than any nation on Earth — yet grows sicker each decade. This essay explains why modern food pyramids fail, how ignored micronutrient ratios quietly erode health, and what real prevention requires before disease appears.

    RMDell’Orfano

    January 15, 2026
    Wellness
    ancestral nutrition, Calcium Phosphorus Ratio, chronic disease, Dietary Guidelines, electrolyte balance, food pyramid, magnesium intake, Metabolic Health, micronutrients, Mineral Balance, nutrition, potassium sodium balance, preventive medicine, public health, soil depletion
  • Embracing Poverty—I Found Christ

    An excerpt from Path Perilous recounting chosen poverty, quiet companionship with pensioners, and the discovery of Christ in a wounded World War II veteran.

    RMDell’Orfano

    January 14, 2026
    Autobio
    Beacon Hill, Boston, Christ among the poor, Christian memoir, detachment, Franciscan poverty, funeral Mass, hidden holiness, Path Perilous, Purple Heart, Spiritual Formation, veterans, vocation, World War II
  • Timeless Little Children

    A reflective memoir excerpt exploring Krishnamurti’s Choiceless Awareness, childhood innocence, and the illusion of time through contemplative silence.

    RMDell’Orfano

    January 9, 2026
    Autobio
    becoming like a child, childhood innocence, Choiceless Awareness, Christian mysticism, contemplative silence, Gospel of Matthew, illusion of time, Jiddu Krishnamurti, nondual awareness, Quantum Physics, sacred stillness, spiritual humility, spiritual perception, Theosophy, time and consciousness
  • The Snake’s Head Doctrine…Update

    IUpdate (January 2026) I have added a brief update to an earlier essay, The Snake’s Head Doctrine, written in August 2025, which examined the vulnerability of regime leadership under conditions of hemispheric consolidation and identified Venezuela as a likely pressure point. The recent seizure of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces underscores the mechanism described there,…

    RMDell’Orfano

    January 3, 2026
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  • Curve Chasing—No Guardrails

    In a hyper-sexualized culture racing without guardrails, a growing number of young people are choosing restraint. This essay explores why a “sexless” generation is emerging—not from fear or moralism, but from exhaustion, clarity, and self-preservation.

    RMDell’Orfano

    January 1, 2026
    Companionship, Psychology, Religion
    abstinence movement, attention economy, chastity, cultural exhaustion, digital fatigue, Gen Z culture, intimacy crisis, media saturation, modern sexuality, Monastic Wisdom, recovery from excess, relationships and boundaries, restraint and meaning, sexual overexposure
  • Breakthrough

    A memoir excerpt recounting a quiet turning point during psychiatric hospitalization, where truth was received without recoil and healing could begin.

    RMDell’Orfano

    December 31, 2025
    Autobio
    Catholic reflection, discernment, healing and recovery, human presence, memoir excerpt, mental health journey, spiritual memoir
  • Our Messy, Ugly America…UpDate

    Our Messy, Ugly America…UpDate

    A brief notice linking to an updated essay, Our Messy, Ugly America, reflecting recent reporting on rising exorcism requests and cultural breakdown.

    RMDell’Orfano

    December 30, 2025
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  • The Untamed Beast

    A parable exposing the limits of bookish religion and the necessity of a lived obedience to Scripture.,

    RMDell’Orfano

    December 26, 2025
    Religion
    Alter Christus, Canadian Indian guanlets, Early Jesuit Traiing, Monastic Wisdom, Obedience, Parable, Repentance, Scripture Lived, Spiritual Formation, St Francis of Assist\, The Narrow Way
  • Why Families Can’t Afford Christmas

    Catholic reflection on why families can’t afford Christmas anymore—linking inflation, education costs, debt, and the forgotten humility of the manger.

    RMDell’Orfano

    December 25, 2025
    Politics, Religion
    emotionally resonant, searchable
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THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness

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