Category Archives: Self Awareness

To Learn and Grow

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Another new day has arrived I am blessed to get to live. Some things I do will be well done. Others mediocre at best. Through it all I will try to live the hours better than yesterday. I will do … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Your Differentness

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

If you have been beat down long enough, believing in yourself can seem impossible. When you have had people in your life who do not lift you up, you pretty much take over for them when they are not there. … Continue reading →

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Live In the Layers, Not On the Litter

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Six hundred and fifty-seven days I have been here to post a thought, a photo or a borrowed contemplation about gratitude. Through business travel, vacations and even illness my faithfulness to my self-assigned daily task never wavered for over a … Continue reading →

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My Best Self

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

In his poem “The Devine Comedy” Dante said the “Seven Deadly Sins” are: 1 – Lust (inordinate craving for the pleasures of the body) 2 – Gluttony (to consume more than that which one requires) 3 – Greed (unreasonable desire … Continue reading →

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Just the Way I Am

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

I am been an emotional and sensitive person going back to as long as I can remember. Over time feedback from others (grown ups mostly when I was a kid) taught me to hold in my emotions. At times I felt as … Continue reading →

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Kissed My Comfort Zone Goodbye

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Over time my comfort zone has become something of a trap; safe and comfortable, but stifling to my growth and realization of my dreams. My ‘rut’ is a sweet pill similar to “Soma” that Aldous Huxley described in “Brave New … Continue reading →

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To Better Practice What I Already Know

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

“Twenty Six Ways To Love Life” by Tess Marshall – Part One 1. Be positive. The moment you open your eyes each morning think of something positive. One positive thought leads to another. Before falling asleep each night think positive … Continue reading →

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A Long Dark Shadow

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

To all of you who hate yourselves, I promise this: There is a place where you’d hate yourself less. Somewhere out there, it waits. Each of us has one, whether we know it or not, whether we have found it … Continue reading →

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Gone Fishin’

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

If any ask, where have you been I’ll say gone fishin’ – not a sin Left my writing on the shelf Went wandering off to meet myself. Ask some questions of my heart Seek some answers, quite apart I’m not … Continue reading →

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Seasons Of Myself

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

I found moving introspection in an old journal of mine I have not come across or opened for at least a couple of decades. Here are a few: Entry dated December 23, 1977. (24 years old – married two years): … Continue reading →

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