Life
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Sharing the Health
For the first time in months, I find myself wordless. The upside is that “wordless” is not making me feel “worthless”.
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with rush of breezes hot
Shan’t hear complaints from one who’s oft so cold.
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new
trust me – my new was harder.
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her wedding lamp
She fell into his arms widespread, And trusted he would hold her fast. ‘Tis time to see her head and heart be wed.
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the wedding lamp
No more does night descend with dread. Who knew you’d light a lamp when asked? I fall into your arms widespread; ‘Tis time to see my head and heart be wed.
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Sonnet XXIV – Perfect Pain
I know it lies with me to find my cure; Won’t please the masses – never perfect be.
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Just Keep Swimming – Velvet Rage Skills 9, 11, 22….. and 20.
Confused? Ambivalent? Feeling lots of feelings? Good.
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kitchentablepollyanna?
Early on, we knew what we had bought…
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Growing (?) in Circles – #SoCS
I think I’ve been thinking about growth the wrong way…
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serendipity
Some days your plans change
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Pain Hurts… Duh – Velvet Skill #8
The recurring feelings of hurt, abuse, neglect, failure (fill in the blank) begin to define who we are, and we fear we won’t know who we are if we become someone BEYOND or WITHOUT that pain.
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celestial surrender
waxing and waning…
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Judgment-Free Zone – Velvet Skill #7
Actively resist the temptation to place everything in your life on a “good-bad continuum.”
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slow growth
I let them hammer, peel, and scrape, To let the sun-starved seed escape, And grow e’er sunward with my leaves widespread.
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The Multitask Myth – Velvet Skill #6
You are going to be surprised (unless you are already a pro at this) at how difficult this skill is. Apart from those of us who have pre-programmed performance orientation, society itself keeps telling us “busyness” and “doing many things at once” show value.
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that which does not kill us…
December morn – I’d end it all; Was not the plan – I went for broke.
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Stupid is as Stupid Does – Velvet Skill #5
When life doesn’t turn out the way you want, stop insisting that it not be so.
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The Kohns Man to my left… #SoCS
The Kohns Men have a profoundly deep inner world. Perhaps the Kohns women do, too. I can’t speak to that from personal experience, so I’ll stick to what I know.
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And that’s ALL I need – Velvet Rage Skill #4
We don’t know where to begin unwinding what it is that will make us truly “content”…
