A Life lived and living
If one of my silly stories can benefit just one person – it’s already more than I can ask for
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Choices, Choices, Choices
“If you choose to not deal with an issue, then you give up your right of control over the issue, and it will select the path of least resistance.” Susan Del Gatto One of the most anticipated decisions in life is when a parent tell their toddler “no”, and you watch how the mechanics in…
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Emergency FFF’d
“Correctly identifying a negative emotion takes the brain out of fight-or-flight mode and into problem-solving mode, out of tension, anger and confusion and into ease, calm and clarity.” – Sam Owen The intellectuals who know a little bit of human behaviour, put people into three different categories when one is faced with high stress and…
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“I just want to understand.”
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” – Frank Herbert There is a bit of an inside joke at work: “I just want to understand.” The amounts of meetings and sessions and conversations we have to…
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Habitually Unpacked
“We’re either making good habits or bad habits. We’re either training our minds to be unfocused and unhappy, or we’re training them to find peace and happiness within.”― Todd Perelmuter One of the benefits of not working in a city is the numerous animals that frequent our workplace. My current employment, has some extraordinary visitors. Or…
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Clown Identified
“Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.” Brenda Shoshanna I’ve been colouring my hair red since August of 2013. The reason I started, was purely because a friend said it would look good and I was in the mood for something…
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For fear’s sake
“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back…” Erica Jong A couple of months ago our Dominee came to visit me. The messy display of musical instruments in my house gave him the idea that…
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Get Up!
“We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the…