"Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What good if only your obedience and good manners are accepted and the rest of your passion and personality must be kept in hiding?” asks Mark Nepo
Read More Thoughts on The Puppy in the Pound by Mark NepoIf you knew someone’s Partner was cheating, would you tell the man or woman that is being betrayed? What would you do?
Read More Thoughts on “I know what I would do” by Walking the JourneyThe Thing © risked wasn’t her heart, that’s a cliche, it doesn’t mean anything. She was risking things she never shared with anyone before: her hopes, dreams, ambitions, humiliations, family, reputation, health, body, and passions. She risked the things that define what is most beautiful about her and that she hid from others.
Read More Thoughts on Brene Brown’s B.R.A.V.I.N.G. (1 of 4)What a horrible expectation I place on another person, making them responsible for my safety. When they fail, and across a lifetime they will fail, I punish them for my expectations.
Read More 10: VulnerabilityI’m fiercely proud of my history with C. I loved her well but not perfectly. I know my betrayal et al caused suffering for her and our family. However, the dates matter to me simply because every day with C meant something important to my life.
Read More 09: A Rounding ErrorA few weeks ago I had a significant shift in my attitude and approach to dealing with my pain and loss. The way the day unfolded was a long serendipitous experience.
The lessons will last a lifetime.
Read More 08: AttitudeI keep stepping on ©’s boundaries. Sometimes I step over them, and a few times I work the loophole. It’s manipulative as fuck.
It’s been in a blind spot and now that I see it I am responsible to change it.
Read More 07: BoundariesLove is absurd. I would know.
Read More 06: Pfaltzgraff and Why Love is AbsurdAlthough I dream about C every day, I can’t go back, she’s gone away. It knocked me down but that’s okay. I’ve got this life to fix. I threw it all out in a ditch. Broken down when I was sick, now I gotta build it back up brick by brick.
Read More Best of 2018’s Week 44I wish I hadn’t responded out of bitterness. I wish I had the maturity, at that moment, to sit and let the hurt happen without hurting someone else. I wish I had been able to see K as a person first, and not simply as a co-conspirator in my betrayal of C.
Read More 05: Karma
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