When life is hard and there seems to be no way out of our suffering, meeting eyes with someone who loves us is like a blood infusion for the psyche. We try very hard to lift ourselves up. We do all of the “right” things to keep ourselves going, despite…
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There are times when it feels as if the universe is playing a cruel trick on us. Like a stack of dominoes, one thing goes wrong and everything else follows. When this happens, it’s tough to bounce back and enjoy life again, but you can and should, for your own…
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Support, given and received is essential to maintaining our equilibrium through life. I am not an optimistic person by nature. That’s my husband’s job. My job seems to be to temper his enthusiasm with a healthy dose of reality. It doesn’t always work. Some days he goes completely off the…
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Do you remember being warned as a teen or young adult to think twice before doing something? I know I do. And, as parents we probably do the same with our children. We caution them as we were cautioned and suggest they look before they leap. Experience taught our parents,…
View More Making A DecisionMy nights of late have been filled with dreams of struggle. Arguments, unease, confusion. I am going through a deep change. I can feel it happening in many areas of my life and my dreams seem to be reflecting the movement. What’s different this time is that some of the dreams…
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It took far longer than I would like it to have taken, for me to understand what real “support” looks like. I’m a rebellious sort, by nature or nurture it’s hard to say, and I have never liked people telling me what to do, think, or say. It’s one of the primary…
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