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Category: Musings
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Changing everything – Time separated from life unexpectedly. Just a reminder that none of us are guaranteed a certain amount of time. Make the most of the time you are given.
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Egocentric judge – Like a battering gale that wears away at our past.
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Sunlight and shadow, Necessary opposites, Create life’s balance. It seems that we are supposed to a life filled with nothing but happiness and joy. That this is the ultimate goal, the thing we should constantly strive towards. Believing that we must achieve happiness as a constant state of being can lead to feeling of failure.…
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Unassuming bits, industriously woven. A haven for our heart. When society promotes always having more and better things, it can cause a person to lose sight of the things that truly make a person valuable. Kindness, honesty, compassion, respect, courage…these should be the building materials of a life. Wealth, prestige, and power may give the…
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Perfect in my mind, No need for improvement. I stand corrected.
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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…