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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You are beautiful, amazing, brilliant, powerful and lovable. I hope you know that. I hope you believe that down past your flesh and bones, into your heart. Your soul. Yes, you are all of those things. But, well…so is everyone else. You are no more beautiful, amazing, brilliant, powerful or loveable than anyone else. For [...]
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There was a long period of time during which I prided myself only on how much I could get done, on the amount of work I could complete in any given day or week, on how many days’ worth of To-Dos I could fit into one measly day. On pleasing, pleasing, pleasing and doing, doing, [...]
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Your language. Words are powerful, sometimes so much so that their power scares you. So you dilute whenever you feel uncomfortable. You don’t speak up as much as you know you can, as you know you must. And when you do, you temper your words with evil fillers like “just” and “but” and “I was [...]
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I was 9-years-old and sitting, for what seemed forever, in the backseat of my mom’s maroon Cadillac as we drove from our home in Maryland to Canada for a two-week summer vacation. Apparently, my parents had one source of music. I think it was an 8-track tape. (You may know what that is; if you [...]
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I don’t have enough time. I don’t have the ____ to do that. Money. Guts. Space. House. Clothing. Face. Butt. It’s too hot. Too cold. I can’t do that to my kids. I have to do it for my kids. For my parents, my spouse, my boss too, maybe. I don’t know why I did [...]
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You are seeking instant gratification. The “Magic Pill” theory. Quick weight loss, instant love, one month to riches…blah blah blah. Everyone is promising it. They have “the secret” or “the way.” Even better, they can teach you their secrets and their way! Just call this 1-800 number or give your credit card number or take [...]
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We know all the comparisons between life and a roller coaster: Up and down. Wobbly. Creaky. Free-falling. Anticipation. Fear. Ecstacy. Let’s do it again. Make it stop. One more time. OMG never again. I think some people are so much better-equipped than others to handle the roller coaster of life. Maybe it is their nature, [...]
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“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don’t know” ~ Mark Twain At some point, I was told I was smart. So I became a Smart Girl. Which was cool, and certainly better than a Stupid Girl, but being a Smart Girl means that you have to be, well, smart. [...]
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It is #2 of the beautiful, brilliant Four Agreements: Don’t Take Anything Personally. Yet, we do. We so do. We make entire movies in our heads about what someone did, or didn’t do, or said, or didn’t say, or meant, or may have meant, or didn’t mean….and so on. We obsess over what they must [...]
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