Another’s view
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Had I not created my whole world, I certainly would have died in other people's. Anais Nin I watched a video of a wedding, where the generations of old placed their hands upon the newly married to show the passing… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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A Simple Life
"Acceptance has everything to do with simplicity, with sitting in the ordinary place, with bearing witness to the plain facts of our lives, with not just starting at the essentials, but ending up there. Acceptance speaks in the gentlest voice.… Continue reading
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Followed my soul.
I finished reading "The Fifth Sister: From Victim to Victor – Overcoming Abuse" by Laura Landgraf. The complexity of incest and its longevity is astounding. To say nothing about the repulsive displays of humanity towards their own, and the powerlessness… Continue reading
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Honest Me.
I have been writing on this blog for 7 years. It is hard to believe what has transpired in that time; the changes within me….my feelings and my mind. A feeling of panic, and blushing shame that would often accompany… Continue reading
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Without Boundaries
I just watched a short clip of Brene Brown speaking about Boundaries. "Boundaries are saying, "Here is what is okay with me and here is what is not…." It sounds too simple…but, try setting up a boundary.… Continue reading
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I am Becoming.
"What Alice Forgot" by Liane Moriarty….is what I am listening on the route. It is a novel about a woman who hit her head and lost 10 years of her life. She woke up to being a mom of three… Continue reading
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On My Way…
I am reading books about hiking and the latest was "Walking Home" by Sonia Choquette. There were a few pages I earmarked…. "Is there something I am hiding from? Is that why I can't release myself from what I want… Continue reading