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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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Inventing the Future: Believing in Your Own Thoughts

by stargardener

{click on image to enlarge//read notations} Invent the Future by Cindy Gallop #Trust30 My life underwent a paradigm shift during the second half of the year 2007. It was a total eclipse of the heart … ♥ Once upon a time I was falling in love But now I’m only falling apart There’s nothing I [...]

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Declaration

by stargardener

{click on image to view full-size/notations} Within my abiding/solitude time, I have been focusing more on being {abiding more, listening more, reading more} and allowing that time of ease to “wave-over” the etched lines made by the static {of Before/Now}. The past 10 days or so have included more-than-usual abiding/solitude time … It has been [...]

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Wonder Time vs. Other

by stargardener

This weekend, I was able to resume my {extended} morning solitude. (My latest dance marathon with MS and nerve pain required an abundance of sleep.) This is a vital element of my dailies. Apparently I need hours of solitude in order to stay off the 10 o’clock news! [Wo]Man loves company even if it is [...]

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Tipping Point ~ To Change

by stargardener

I’ll go anywhere as long as it’s forward. ~David Livingstone There are times when despite speed, planning and destination … We must choose one track over another. This can involve time and process — or be like the flip of a switch. But the choice must be made, lest we lock up in the turmoil [...]

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reVerb10 ~ Gift

by stargardener

December 30 – Gift Prompt: Gift. This month, gifts and gift-giving can seem inescapable. What’s the most memorable gift, tangible or emotional, you received this year? It is an odd gift to be both grateful for and to memorialize {unless you have lived my life} but the most memorable gift {which — like a Jack-in-the-Box! — [...]

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Sparkle and Shine, Baby!

by stargardener

We are not slaves to a piece of paper with numbers on it! All this annual, changy, New Year stuff is nonsense if we are merely going through the motions — takin’ orders from numbers on a calendar, peer pressure and various and sundry tweets and posts. Start where you are. Use what you have. [...]

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The Artist Within

by stargardener

Our confidence in our ability to creAte change has been sabotaged by the luxuries of modern living. Your artist within is an ancient voice that will help you to create the change you desire. ~Whitney Ferre′ Do you ignore your right brain? Did your busy, logical and linear self wrapped duct tape around it and [...]

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Getting Social {personalities}

by stargardener

Sometimes clarity comes in the midst of seeing who you are not. For example, meetin’ and greetin’ people during a networking event. Mingle, mingle, mingle. Reciting {and refining} our introductions and public personas as we move through huddles of people. While most of us can recite what we do {have done and aspire to do [...]

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Give yourself room to move

by stargardener

There are opportune moments in life when you find yourself barely able to move in the midst of you own expectations. You stare at the closed door to your {windowless room of} Routines and Busyness — and the walk-in closet {harboring the opinions of others} as it overflows into this room. A room packed full [...]