I wonder what would happen if we stopped expecting. If we allowed ourselves to stay in the moment and think not about before or next. But about Now. Expectations lead to disappointment.To judgement. To perfectionism. To all the things I know I am working on getting away from. Now is about flow and being open [...]
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When I see that my bf or my bff has poked me on Facebook. When I have completed my grocery shopping before 9am. Listening and re-listening to my 5-year-old niece’s voicemails to me. Florida sunrises and sunsets. Florida winters. Scrolling through the ridiculous amounts of books on my kindle and looking at the cover picture [...]
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The Story You Were Meant To Live You are already living the life you were meant to live; here’s how to make it into the life you want So, you’re sitting with Oprah… … You’re explaining who you are, what you do. And Oprah is nodding and saying those things [...]
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I am on an island. Not figuratively. Literally. I am on an island. Said island is not exactly in the middle of nowhere, but away from most somewheres I know. No cars on this island, you need your own boat or a water taxi to get here. Nothing commercial on the island, unless you count [...]
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This morning, in search of a profound message for my day, I picked one of my magical Zen Tarot cards at random. Compromise. I groaned a little inside. I could already predict what the card’s explanation would tell me: Compromise is good, necessary, blah blah blah. I get it. But, not so fast. I’m not [...]
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To give oneself up, submit or yield. Surrender. It is to say goodbye to all of the expectations you had. To acknowledge you are not in control of everything. To abandon the quest for what “should” be or is “supposed” to be. It is to be at peace with what is and with what will [...]
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Last night, I had three kids (my 2 + Kid 2′s BFF) and few dinner options. I am usually super-organized ahead of time as far as dinner, snacks and the like. Last night, I wasn’t. Kid 2 also informed me that we needed to go to the library for an emergency book she forgot all [...]
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I come from a family of hair people. Hair is one of our things. It’s important. We have lots of it, always long. I grew up with stories of my grandmother having her head crudely and painfully shaved when she arrived at Auschwitz. I grew up with a mother who put doing and styling her [...]
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I am fascinated by people who…. Actually seem to know how to enjoy themselves in the moment. Seem unburdened by regrets or anxieties from the past. Allow indignities such as disrespect to roll right off them. Know how to let it go, to let go. Know how to hang on when it’s worth it. Eat [...]
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(Note from Allison: This is the first of many instances in which I ask, “What’s Your Story?” and get a beautiful guest post in return. Thanks to the wonderful Erin Margolin for being the first to tell her story here! If you are interested in answering that question in writing for this blog, email me [...]
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