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  • More from "Trust" by Iyanla Vanzant "To Trust or Not To Trust" "It is impossible for people who are untrustworthy to become trustworthy simply because you want them to be that way. Trust is a matter of character. Some folks… Continue reading

  • Convinced Wrongly

    I wonder about the mass shootings and their correlation to our thoughts. In that, it is the mind who believes that there are superior colors, sex, nationality, sexual preferences, lifestyles, religions etc. We want to quickly ban guns; but nothing… Continue reading

  • Who You Are

    Every time I read a quote about waiting…that "your time is coming" or be patient and good things will come, I bristle. It is a maddening scheme to keep you from enjoying what you have. Or, at the very least,… Continue reading

  • Responses Matter to All

    Social Media is a buzz about Brock Turner; the Stanford Rapist and his lenient sentence AND his father's response. We all are responding. Some are sharing. Some are silent. Outraged. Sickened. What is not so shocking to me IS the… Continue reading

  • Feel the Same

    "Not the ones speaking the same language, but the ones sharing the same feeling understand each other."  Rumi   This is a huge clue to the silences I have in my world – we don't share the same feelings. I… Continue reading

  • Violent Silence

    Is there a nobel silent space to be; a place where our silence honors us both and it is not a punishing silence?  Is the broken communication a peaceful spot?  What causes the breaks in conversations?  Is it the breach… Continue reading

  • Punishing Silence?

    "Steps for Developing Self-Trust" in Iyanla Vanzant's book "Trust". Lesson #1: Standing in your truth. You must learn that you can stand in the face of judgment, criticism, correction or rejection without falling apart. Learning to trust yourself means that… Continue reading

  • I am listening to "A Mother's Reckoning – Living In the Aftermath of Tragedy" by Sue Klebold.  The foreword is by Andrew Solomon. It is not the book I thought it would be.  It is a book of acceptance and… Continue reading

  • On my path!

    Three and a half years ago WIND began. Well actually it happened when I met An-gel.  I was introduced to her by Tom Rosemurgy.   The three of us met a few times and shared ideas between the victim, the courts… Continue reading

  • Potential of who I am.

    In "Trust" by Iyanla Vanzant, there is a segment on "Owning Yourself". Just the idea, that we don't own ourselves seems odd. If we don't own ourselves, who does? Iyanla writes, "Once we understand that the voices in our heads… Continue reading