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My God Box

I have a God Box. In it I put things like…peace of mind, acceptance, courage, certain weird prayers. Today I finally put my sister in the God box and I closed it. I generally don’t revisit the God box...

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Withdrawal

Withdrawal sucks. No two . . . okay, well maybe two words about it. It’s been over 24 hours since I checked my blog stats. Now, before you start snorting Pepsi out your nose and all over your computer...

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Get Off The Train!

Learn to detach…Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent… But detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate fully. That’s...

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Seriously, Sometimes You Gotta Laugh

When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing each other. ~Alan Alda I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. ~Woody Allen Here’s the thing. I’m a perfectionist. I...

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What Happens When We Try To Change Too Quickly?

Good morning! It’s good to be back after such a long time away. I’ve been really busy with an extended birthday celebration, and then my Senior Choral production of The Bright Lights of Broadway. Which...

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The Fine Art of Letting Go

In my last post I said I was going to write about the worry over my mom and my sister. I also said I was going to write it the next day. Now you know not to trust anything I say. ;) But seriously, I...

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Gambling on Goals

Goals are so crazy popular, aren’t they? I mean, I went looking for one quote on goals for this post, just one, and they were all so contradictory. Some said set your goals high and don’t stop ’til you...

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Just Relax

There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese...

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What To Do With Lousy Self-Esteem

I’m sort of an expert at lousy self-esteem. I’ve carried this weight for at least twenty years and probably then some. So I know a thing or two about what to do with it. But first; what is self-esteem,...

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Is It Giving Up Or Letting Go?

  1. decide it’s okay to let go: When I walked away from Maybury Farms, when I let that go, I breathed a huge sigh of relief. You have to know that whatever you are holding onto does not belong to you,...

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Expectations

is for expectations. An expectation is a belief or a thought that is about an anticipated outcome, not necessarily about what might really happen. Man, oh man, have I had my share of those, with...

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How I Survived A Life-Threatening Illness

I lie awake at night, wondering what fresh hell tomorrow will bring me. “Change is inevitable We can depend on that. By letting go of our efforts to influence the future, we become freer to experience...

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Bullies, Be Gone

I like documentaries, usually. I enjoy learning new things. I even watched a heartbreaking documentary that some of you might be familiar with about how elephants are treated in the circus. An elephant...

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