Thoughts on Mark Nepo’s Being Sad
How quick we are to believe the worst about people we don’t actually know because we want to believe the best about the people we love.
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40: A Moment of Truth
When the longing unexpectedly blooms for C, I need not fear the sting from the hidden bee but remember that alongside C my life blossomed and flowed into a new season. Though the season has passed what I reap in this season is based on what I sowed in the last.
Read More 40: A Moment of TruthThoughts on Mark Nepo’s The Bee Comes
Where I described Painter as my anchor, I realize she was simply a mooring and we lacked a secure attachment.
Read More Thoughts on Mark Nepo’s The Bee ComesThoughts on Therapist Uncensored’s Brain Science 101
Their podcast helps me understand my responses, and therefore, the responses of the people around me. If I can see myself more clearly I can see those around me more clearly too.
Read More Thoughts on Therapist Uncensored’s Brain Science 101Thoughts on the Next Step to Health by Mark Nepo
The truly loving action is to listen and then tell them, ‘No.’ Changing something simply to make someone else feel better is the path to my lost integrity and shattering of my character.
Read More Thoughts on the Next Step to Health by Mark Nepo30: Thoughts on Unicorns, Chumps, & Other Mythological Creatures
The narrative that has choked so many meaningful intimate moments in my life is the false narrative, “You deserve to be happy but if there is a conflict that must mean there is something wrong. Not with them, but with you.”
Read More 30: Thoughts on Unicorns, Chumps, & Other Mythological Creatures29: Saudade – The Deep Longing
I wrote as a plea to be heard. By someone.
Anyone.
By her…but in the quiet of the night, when love and grief can no longer be shouted down I hear the repressed whispers of knowledge reminding me the woman I long to hear from will never return.
Read More 29: Saudade – The Deep Longing28: I am a leaf on the wind
Too often I sense my grieving keeps me focused on things outside my control. However, with time and loving intention, my grieving gives way to a renewed focus on my own patterns, roles, choices, and opportunities.
Read More 28: I am a leaf on the wind26: Thoughts on Triggers
Here is the thing: if I want to be less trigger-happy (triggery? triggered?) I need to deal with my shit. Me. No one else.
Read More 26: Thoughts on TriggersThoughts on Conflict Transformation: Winners and Losers (Part 4)
Long before I have a conflict with others I have conflict within myself. Who wins? Who loses?
I create my own reality and therefore I’ve created the conflict.
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