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living on purpose

More about wishes {and beginnings}

by stargardener

You were wild once. Don’t let them tame you. ~Isidore Duncun Resist allowing whatever you are in the midst of to tame you. Make wishes for relief, redemption — or for new perspectives on your dailies and your want-to’s. Make wishes because wishes feel less overwhelming than goals and to-do’s; wishes are easier to make [...]

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The Chance to Love Everything

by stargardener

I imagined the red eyes, the broad tongue, the enormous lap. Would it be friendly too? Fear defeated me. And yet, not in faith and not in madness but with the courage I thought my dream deserved, I stepped outside. It was gone. Then I whirled at the sound of some shambling tonnage. Did I [...]

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a temporary surrender of security

by stargardener

If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. ~Gail Sheehy I knew I needed backup … I texted her: “I feel like I am on a roller coaster.” “What triggered it?” she asked. If only I knew. I thought. “The [...]

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Believe. Bloom. Live Red.

by stargardener

Don’t diminish the impact of your words because you’re struggling to believe in yourself. ~Jeff Goins The past year has been a twisty, windy adventure of zooming spurts away from my comfort zone. Perennial health challenges had a role in creating tighter boundaries — which became more restrictive than protective. And I slipped into old [...]

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Letting Go {hopes, dreams and fears}

by stargardener

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.  ~Sidney Howard   Let go in order to receive? Yes. Because what we are holding is occupying the space of what we want. Let me repeat that … What we are holding is occupying the space of [...]

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{learning to dance with the limp}

by stargardener

You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s [...]

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If your days are numbered — and they are — how will you spend this day?

by stargardener

This prompt was whispered in my spirit during an episode of chemo-cocktail-induced insomnia in 2002. I was physically miserable and spiritually parched. And I will spare you the crazy, blazing thoughts within my wrapped bald head! “If your days are numbered — and they are — how will you spend this day?” At that moment, [...]

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To think for yourself. Aloud and loudly. Or even in a quiet whisper.

by stargardener

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.  ~Richard Buckminster Fuller This past week I was reminded how fragile we all are … Despite being dressed in the armor of a smile and proverbial firm handshake. We protect ourselves from conflict … Sometimes to a fault. It is [...]

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wishbone versus backbone

by stargardener

✩ Day 4 of 100

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When {living red} is the only way to keep from dying just a little bit

by stargardener

Within the category of planning and strategies … There comes a time when the only way to hold steady {to keep from dying just a little bit} is to Live Red: Standing firm, with your hands on your hips — if only on the inside, when you are not able to do so on the [...]

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