Kaleidoscope: We All Derive From the Same Tribe. {poetry}
Day by day, I aspire to follow my own inner whisper, reminding me that no one set of beliefs fits all... how we are a diverse kaleidoscope.
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Gifted People: You Have Strength, Not a Negative Trait.
High standards of the gifted impress some, but for others it comes off as 'intense'. They might not find a match who'd tolerate their needs.
9 Traits of a Strong Woman.
A strong woman will love you well and fully. Knowing who she is... results in a natural ebullience, a surplus, an overflow of pure life-force energy.
News Flash: Being Nice Can Block a Great Relationship.
Please run as fast as you can from anyone who would rather you be nice over being real. That said, being real is not an excuse to clobber people!
Living Real: Remembering What It Means to Follow Our Intuition.
Living real means recognizing that all of us at one time or another will mess up. We're going to be a part of the conditions that cause hurt for others.
Lessons in a Bottle: What I Learned as the Child of an Addict.
I learned that there comes a time when being kind to another is being unkind to myself. When the hurt becomes overwhelming, we must leave.
I Used To Be Nice.
To me, kindness is genuine and from the heart, and it pours out. It doesn't hurt (in fact, quite the opposite) and it's absolutely, completely and truly genuine, no question about it... Niceness is society-driven manners and mannerisms, like hiding and disregarding emotions in public because ...
A Note to My Daughter.
I wanted to write a few words of guidance for my daughter, and although this letter began as something solely for her, as I reread it, I realized that it's a letter for all of us -- young, old, daughter, son, mother, father... human. Take what you like, leave the rest behind.
You’re a Bit Chunky: Strange Misconceptions in the Produce Section.
Ten, or maybe even five years ago, I would have reacted very differently. I would have been upset, angry, filled with indignity, and hurt. I might have gone to soothe myself by buying some baked goods and eating the whole lot of them. See, I was a chubby child, and my extended family made fun ...
Authenticity: Inhabiting Wildly Tender Revolution.
Congruent authenticity happens in the guts and bowels of your life. Being authentic is the grunt-work of the soul, of any deeply human, spiritual path. Being half here, half there, halfhearted, faking it to look good, strategizing to make things easier for your self — that’s the common way of ...