Addictions, Clarity, Communication, Connection
COMMUNICATION
Sticking with the communication theme from Paul and Tracey I want to share something new that I’ve been working on. Some really big. I hope you’re as excited to hear about it as I am to share it. Are you ready? Okay here goes. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. That was it. Pretty cool right? Okay I’ll explain. I’m no longer opening my mouth just to make myself feel good. At least that’s what I’m working on. See I’m a codependent with bouts… Read More
AUNTIE VENOM
Who hates you? “Yikes”, you scream. “What a rude and weird question! Nobody hates me. I’m really, really lovable.” Okay. But chances are, if you’re a normal earthling, when you think about it for a moment or two someone will come to mind. Right about now you should be remembering old “what’s-his-name”, the creep who refused your perfect apology. Or you suddenly find yourself picturing Auntie Venom, the family member that doesn’t like anybody and has a special case of… Read More
Addictions, Hanging In There, Understanding
HAIR
I’ve got a curly head of hair and I don’t like it. As if that was bad enough it’s red too. Curly red hair. Yuck. As a kid I hated it. So much so that I started shaving it off when I was 10. If I hadn’t I would have stood out like a soar thumb. Didn’t want that. Not a that age. Hair be gone! Over the years my hair came and went. I tried growing it out. Straightening… Read More
Clarity, Communication, Connection, Emotions, Living Fully
IF YOU DON’T TELL ME HOW WILL I KNOW?
Last week Paul wrote eloquently about the tone of what we say and how it can be interpreted; how things lose their intent or meaning and things get lost in translation. In keeping with that theme again this week I feel there is another important part to what we say, and how we say it. And that is actually speaking the truth and telling people who you are and what you want. It is not just tone, though tone… Read More
Freedom, Goodness, Living Fully, The Right Stuff
SHE KNEW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS AND SHE TWEETED
America lost one of its great citizens yesterday. Poet, writer, civil rights activist and all around amazing grace gal Maya Angelou died at the age of 86. Her work touched people across all socio-ecomnomic and racial divides. Though she first became famous for writing about her personal experiences of growing up in the Jim Crow south, her openness, heartfelt prose and ability to wrangle the human experience in her own poetic language touched people all over the world for decades. I… Read More
SOUND ADVICE
There’s a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson that’s a personal favorite. It’s a two-panel piece with one side showing a dog owner scolding his dog and the other showing what the dog hears. So, “Okay Ginger, I’ve had it! You stay out of the garbage! Understand Ginger?” In the first panel becomes “Blah, blah Ginger! Blah, blah, blah, Ginger, blah, blah!” in the second. Very funny. I miss seeing Larson’s daily offerings. I suppose he’s right about the… Read More
HOW TO GET OVER YOUR SUGAR ADDICTION
Are you a lifelong sweet tooth (AKA sugar addict)? Can’t finish a meal without something sweet to top it off? Stomach has a “reserve tank” purely for sweets? Me too. I could be completely full after a meal yet have plenty of room for an 800 calorie dessert. My palate isn’t discriminating either, it loves real sugar and fake sugar, you name it, anything sweet will do. The gravity of my addiction came last year when I ordered my coffee at Dunkin… Read More
Addictions, Change, Goals, Health
DEVIL IN A WHITE DRESS
When one thinks of white powdery addictive substances the first thing that comes to mind is cocaine. And without question it fits the bill. But it is far from most lethal, highly addictive, widely ingested white, powdery substance around. That would be sugar. Yes, the number one devil in a white dress is that sweet tasting, seemingly banal though highly addictive sugar, and its relatives, fructose, corn syrup and the rest of the sweeteners we seemingly cannot live without. America’s… Read More
Acceptance, Suffering, The Right Stuff, Understanding
WHY AM I REALLY COMPLAINING?
I’m at jury duty and hating every second of it. Where’s the judge? I really want to give her a piece of my mind. Judge? Come out come out where ever you are. Speaking of which I just had the chance to tell her why serving on this jury is tough for me. Financially that is. Didn’t care. Next! Excuse me? I work on commission and if I’m not at work I don’t have the chance to make money. Hence… Read More
GETTING EVEN
“Getting even” is a phrase that can be read two ways with very different meanings. For example, consider a gangster or a bricklayer. Revenge for one, precision and balance for another When my feelings are hurt or I’m being insulted or verbally attacked I’m usually fairly passive. I tend to go a little tharn like the rabbits described in “Watership Down”. That almost paralytic place where I can’t really think or move. Only not so extreme. Tharn Light actually.… Read More