Tag Archives: relationships

Looking at the Surface

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

Life is actually simple. It’s principals are straight forward and uncomplicated. Nature will always be its natural self and never a pretender or a poser. Trees are simple. Flowers are uncomplicated. Dogs and cats are predictably the way they are. … Continue reading →

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Life is a Course in Life

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

Forgiveness is a powerful and affirmative part of our humanity. It should be differentiated from its close cousin, acceptance, which while important, is essentially, passive. For many, the healing power of forgiveness allows us to truly move on. A life … Continue reading →

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The Perceiver’s Vantage Point

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your own presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement. Alice Koller For a … Continue reading →

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Letter to a Heartbroken Friend

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Dear _______, Don’t worry about the future. It will unfold as it does, unaffected by your thought and worry. What is to be will not be swayed one millimeter by your anguish. I know you are heartbroken, but it is … Continue reading →

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Wiser, Stronger, Older…

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

From an article on-line, comes these three steps about how to fall in love. 1. Find a complete stranger. 2. Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour. 3. Then, stare deeply into each others … Continue reading →

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Six Well Made Comments

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

With the exception of about 100 words, today’s focus topic is love; written with pictures. Let the images paint in your heart, mind and soul meanings that are uniquely yours.     Ultimately love is all that matters. No one … Continue reading →

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Hate Hurts the Hater

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

Hate is never good, but it’s understandably felt by some toward people such as child abusers, perpetrators of violent crimes, terrorists and some who are just plain evil. Otherwise, with ordinary people there’s an adage that goes, someone most often … Continue reading →

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Someone Somewhere for Everyone

Posted on October 4, 2012 by

Some say a hapless romantic is hopeless; always searching, but never finding. They believe an insatiable yearning for ‘someone else’ afflicts some people to the point they can never be fully content with one person. I believe they are wrong … Continue reading →

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A Common Search for the Good and the Beautiful

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

I have limited personal proof that what is below is in practice what makes for a good marriage. But the words feel perfectly true and seem to speak clearly of how it could be, should be. Happiness in marriage is not something that … Continue reading →

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A New Way to Remember

Posted on September 2, 2012 by

My dysfunctions have been with me all of my adult life. However, conditions like depression, compulsion and trauma from childhood were not clearly known to me until the last ten years.  When I began to ask “why” particular behaviors came over … Continue reading →

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