Purpose
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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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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”…
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Fight, Flight, or… – Velvet Rage Skill #3
The presence of intense emotions will increase the likelihood of seeing ONLY this or ONLY that as possible reactions.
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Sonnet XXIII – The Map a River Makes
And now, behold, the deluge comes anon; containers burst and none can stand the wash.
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Serenity Now! – Velvet Rage Skill #2
Yes, it turns out when Jesus tells us to “love your neighbor as yourself”, it only really works right IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
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WWRBD? – Velvet Rage Skill #1
Our hearts tell the truth, even when what it has to say scares the shit out of us.
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The Velvet Rage – Pre-Pride Ponderings
“Straight people don’t get a Pride Month!” Exactly.
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Sincerely, Me.
Yeah, nailed it. Again.
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MAYbe Day 2021 – #SoCS
“Good luck with your self-discovery, Ben!”
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Shattered Pains
If there is glass between me and another world, something needs to change…
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exulansis
beyond the shoal; awash, my soul…
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Innocence Lost
A deal not meant for me, I bought; Account was mostly overdrawn.
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wild and precious
Tell me, what else should I have done?Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life? Well, Mary… I MUST call you Mary.I hope that won’t pose a problem,Ms Oliver. In our circle, you are just Mary,and we all know it’s you.…
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dismount
But friendless souls are angry haunts; degrading makes belonging wrong.
