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Category: Life
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Independent, so painful to need help, but asking begets growth. As Americans, we are taught that independence is a good thing, something to be valued and admired. Some of us may be a bit too independent, trying to do everything on our own and not wanting to ask for help. We might think that needing…
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Energy flowing, A gradual blossoming from youth thru maturity. Like this flower, our path through life develops more blossoms as we progress. While the first blooms are indeed beautiful, how much more so is the full flower that has been given time to fully develop. True, a few petals may be missing or a…
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Rough around the edge, Battered but craving comfort, Starving soul meets love. “Big Red” showed up in our barn partially starved, physically compromised , and desperate. He did not trust humans, but his hunger and shattered rear end forced the issue. Over the course of two years, he came to trust…to appreciate regular…
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Denying my want, Emotional explosion, I cannot obtain. How many times do we just want to explode? To totally cut loose, free our emotions, shout our feelings out to the world….to stuff our faces with cupcakes and satisfy our inner feelings! Our doctors, our waistlines and society in general would be horrified. We are supposed…
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Wooden walkway leads, Spanning our distant selves, Pathway to self-truth. We all have transition points in our lives. We transition from childhood to adulthood, from single to married, from career to career, our lives are filled with transitions. While each transition comes with its own stress, and some transitions are painful, each transition is such…
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Blessings in your life, Visible but often missed. Learning to notice. How many times have we heard the phase, “count your blessings”? Or we should write a “gratitude journal”, to remind ourselves of all the things we have in our lives that we are to be grateful for. Does it occasionally seem that we are…
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A single blossom Surrounded yet set apart Self-companionship. Our society does not seem to value the ability to be alone. We are constantly inundated with the idea that we must always be with someone, either romantically, socially or even in the workplace. That being alone is a negative state that should be avoided whenever possible.…
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Small leaves reaching out New sprout from unlikely place Growth makes a difference. Sometimes we grow in unexpected ways. Do we really know what are our strengths and weaknesses? Should we be expected to know everything about ourselves or are we allowed to be surprised when we discover that we’ve grown and changed…
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Twisted up tightly, Unsure and out of my element Unrecognizable. It is disconcerting to discover that you hide to protect yourself. We sometimes find ourselves in situations where we just do not feel like a “fit”. It might be social situations, it could be work, hopefully it isn’t at home. The realization that the people…
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Sit beneath a tree, Listen to the wind whisper, Sharing it’s secrets. How wonderful it is to just sit beneath a tree and exist. To feel the sun and shade on your face, to listen to the wind, to feel the grass beneath you and the bark of the tree at your back. No worries,…
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