You cannot let go of anything if you cannot notice that you are holding it. Admit your ‘weaknesses’ and watch them morph into your greatest strengths. ~Neale Donald Walsch Living with MS, with {mostly} undetermined amounts of energy and focus is my admission; it has become my greatest strength in ways I never could have [...]
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yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds e. e. cummings The past two weeks have been intense with regard to remaining committed to my personal and professional goals. I have this amazing friend who answers my phone calls as if she was waiting for my call, as [...]
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The death of someone we care about causes us to remember … to examine that relationship, the memories shared … the impact their presence had upon the person we were then … the person we are now. Memories tend to blur with time … truth becomes wrapped in sentimentality. There were a couple of situations [...]
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It comes back to the question, whom are you writing for? Who are the readers you want? Who are the people you want to engage with the things that matter most to you? And for me, it’s people who don’t need it all spelled out because they know it, they understand it. ~Amy Hempel My [...]
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Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. ~Kurt Vonnegut We become uncomfortable when people don’t like us. Sometimes for merely the moment in time we realize it — moving on unaffected by their opinion and lack of [...]
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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it. ~Anais Nin This week was my “20″ of The 80/20 Rule {20% of resources produce 80% of results} with regard to emotional well-being. Just as [...]
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Even the loveliest dream bears like a blemish its difference from reality, the awareness that what it grants is mere illusion. ~Theodor Wiesengrund Regardless of what we do or don’t do, it is never {enough} in our own opinions {and the opinions of certain people}. Because we must pass through a place of projectile verbiage [...]
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… twirling and spreading our light into these days that beg dark and call for reborn. We are unafraid and jump through our deepest fears, believing they are portals meant for our living. We celebrate the stripped-down and the return to our{true}selves. ~Janae Discovering the practice of merging detachment with active abiding; holding on loosely [...]
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ~Anais Nin I have a love-hate relationship with hope, with decisions to press through despite circumstances and how I feel. Reminders from my beloved rocket man and those I love, from my art and from the art of my kindreds keep the message of hope in [...]
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Sometimes we just have to stop and feel the heartbreak so there’s room to feel our own life again. In simply allowing the sadness we open to the possibility of joy once again. ~Oriah, The Green Bough Room to feel my own life again … That is what this week has been about. I scheduled [...]
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everything cannot be a crisis