One Step Forward

We’re taught that progress is the point, that going forward is good, that backwards is bad, and that we should always keep moving.  Then we get stuck and can’t seem to go forwards, can’t seem to fix what’s wrong, can’t move in the direction we want to be going and everything seems to fall apart. …

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Emotional Absolutes

Isn’t it interesting how there are times in our lives where we decide that, for some reason, the state we are in is the way it is always going to be henceforward?  Even though that’s never the case because things are constantly changing inside and outside of us in every moment we’re alive?  But we…

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Learning at the Edges

I tend to push myself too hard for too long.  It’s a fact.  Don’t do as I do, do as I say.  LOL  I talk a good talk about keeping yourself in balance and listening to your inner voice and alla that because I have learned the lessons the hard way.  In my joy for…

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Change Changes Things

Change can be very hard.  There are lots of quotes and memes about fear being the reason why we tend not to change, but I think we over emphasize that aspect of things.  Also, we tend to talk about change as if everything else around us is standing still and the only thing that is…

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Outside and Inside Voices

One of the challenges in life is to balance the outside voices with our inside voice.  It’s common to see this issue when you become a parent, when you have a demanding job, or when you commit to a cause or career.  Different agendas are competing and it’s not about good vs. evil or right…

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Keep It Moving

Emotions are meant to be felt and to move.  If you don’t feel them at the moment they will come out at another place and time, not necessarily of your choosing.  Even worse, if feelings aren’t acknowledged at all, they can act like teenagers, moving into the background and plotting another more extensive means of…

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Words Vs. Actions

Not everyone means what they say.  I know…shocker…spoiler alert…but it’s true.  As much as we all know that it’s still something that trips us up time and again.  Sometimes because the person saying things is really good at saying things other than what they mean and other times because we really truly want whatever it…

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Our Thoughts Do What?

This winter in the US/Canada has been just a wild and crazy as last year, if less destructive in a dramatic disaster kinda way.  Instead of huge storms coming in we’ve had arctic blasts that last for days and weeks and move deeply south into areas that aren’t prepared for it.  Even here in the…

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