November 2010
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August 2010
5 posts
“A friend is one to whom one can pour out the contents of one’s heart,...”
– Arab Proverb
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Give yourself a break
I typically fill my days with lots of “doing” - working, working out, reading, writing blog posts, spending time with people, etc. I go on, and on, and on until one day, I just need a break. A big, long break. Like vegging in front of a TV, for hours on end.
I often feel guilty when I do this. I could find a million things to do instead - I can always think of things that need to be...
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else...”
– Ambrose Redmoon
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Change the scene
Well, some days aren’t as great as others… Today I felt pretty good at first, then spiraled down. Perhaps it was because, as I found out later in the day, a friend of my boyfriend’s passed away from cancer. We’ve been waiting, checking several times a day for news of either his recovery or demise. He was 43 years old, with a loving wife and three kids…
Perhaps it was...
“Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, Poet, Novelist, and Scientist
July 2010
1 post
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No magic pills
I was at a store one day telling a saleswoman who was taking my measurements that I recently lost some weight. She got very excited and asked, “How did you do it?! What did you do?” She was anxiously waiting for an answer with an eager look on her face. You know, the look that says, “Please tell me all about the latest magic pill you found!”
I answered, “Well,...