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.
Browsing Tag:
normal
Design a Better Life That Works for More People.
We don’t care about the thousands of people who die every day so that we can have 'convenient and cheap'. Our desire to consume causes untold suffering.
Dreams of an Elephant: Open Letter to the Community.
In my real home, elephant deaths are a complex and beautiful affair. We honor our loved ones, just as humans do. I was robbed of this rite of passage.
It’s Against My Religion to Accommodate Nazis.
A deeper cut reveals a culture of psychopathy: a party sickened by its hatred, misogyny and xenophobia; grown too accustomed to deceit; blaming others for its missteps; compromised by a paralysis of ideas; resorting to character assassination and abject humiliation of perceived enemies; ...
Minding My Normal: Peaceful, But a Bit of a Job.
My husband and my children do not subscribe to my pages upon pages of thoughts and poetry and observations. They are loving and supportive, and they most likely skim my wordy musings from time to time. I can only imagine that there are minor moments of clarity for them as they read, if they ...
Finding A New Normal And Healing On My Own Terms.
I tell you this not to gain your pity or to put down one way of healing vs. another. I am sharing this because it is a story of success. I am finding my own way of healing, and discovering that healing can happen on my terms and in my own time and doesn’t have to look like someone else’s.
It Is My Own Wonderful Life, And I Would Rather Be Quirky.
It is my own wonderful life, and although I do not disregard the value of family, I only have fleeting moments with them now. My best times are yet to come and somehow, I think they will be with like-minded creative people, who have had to heal and have had to struggle to find their place in ...
Normal. {poetry}
Normal has some pretty strong allies, the Church, Education, the Workforce. Damn straight, Normal knows how to pick 'em.
The other side also has some big guns. What is the other side of Normal? Checked the thesaurus and got this:
Abnormal. Irregular. Odd. Strange. Uncommon. Unconventional. ...
Voices Of The Caged: Releasing Your Soul.
What if this isn’t how it has to be? What if you could follow the deepest yearnings of your soul, rather than the ego’s flagrant demands? What if life could be so much simpler than we think?
I Don’t Want To Be A Well-Kept Woman With White Privilege.
I’m noticing how easy it is to lose passion in happiness. The fairytale’s complete, now what? It’s just comfort upon comfort upon comfort, and all of a sudden there are a thousand nuances overlooked, and I’m worlds away from him, feeling like I need to run, jump, dive, ski, swim, anything to ...