I M Perfect lady

October 2010

  • The Voices are Silent

    I finished the Quiet Room by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett. What an inspiring story of girl with a broken mind; a schizophrenia mind. She had voices in her head that were finally silenced with the proper medication, treatment and… Continue reading

  • Love of Self

    A good friend responded to my post on Sprouting Self Hatred, with a great visual, a thought that I could picture. “That picture is: yoga being poured as if out of a fancy vessel and killing the sprouting self hatred–over… Continue reading

  • Sprouting Self Hatred

    As I headed to my room to do yoga with my belly unsettled, images of the laughing sisters, my demeanor glum, I wondered how yoga would be. The standing poses went by without a hitch, but as I lay on… Continue reading

  • Love Sorrow, By Mary Oliver

    Love sorrow. She is yours now, and you must take care of what has been given. Brush her hair, help her into her little coat, hold her hand, especially when crossing the street. For, think, what if you should lose… Continue reading

  • Peace with My Self.

    “Language… has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.” Paul Johannes Tillich I love that there are two ways to look at… Continue reading

  • Do you own or Rent your life?

    In my dream I was visiting a house that had a hotel lobby in its living room, and strangers continually dropped by intruding into their lives, one long continual social interruption. As I lay in bed after waking the vividness… Continue reading

  • The Quiet Room

    I am reading “The Quiet Room” by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett. What is so interesting is that her parents don’t want to accept her illness, and deny it by looking repeatedly for ‘normal’ behavior and are more concerned about… Continue reading

  • Homeless to Harvard.

    “Breaking Night” by Liz Murray, how she went from Homeless to Harvard, shows that you can change the legacy you were born into. Her endurance to survive was what she needed to change direction when she could see her course… Continue reading

  • GPS on the Mail Route.

    There is nothing like seeing your job from the back seat of a dusty van, slowly making its way along the route, time flying by while each mail box slowly crawled on by. He did well for his first time… Continue reading

  • Turn My Light Back On.

    While listening to Tyler Perry talk to Oprah about his abuse as a child, he speaks of how when his father beat him, he would escape to a park in his mind, but on one occasion, he recalls the beating… Continue reading