I can't breathe. . . Breathe they say. So I try. Sometimes another tack is needed. Today I got down on my hands and knees and played with my dog, puppy style, in the back yard. It's a joyful experience for us both. I usually find myself laughing as the kid in me comes out …
A blinkA woman, old and graySitting in a chair overlooking the lake A blinkRunning through the fieldsDon't let the bees stingDidn't have a chance A blinkPlaying an instrumentSitting on a fenceNeighbor parents watching the show A blinkOld and contentMemory fadingA life well lived A blinkMy wedding dayThe birth of my sonGraduation A blinkCrawling on my …
heart fossil I've decided to stop starting my day with a news commentary and instead turn on my dance playlist, while I jog. As I continued to feel anger, discontent, anxiety, again I had to get back to basics. Listening to my playlist, instead of the news, was my first step. These are other thoughts …
During this 2020 pandemic, I've been home. I've spent the majority of my time on my back porch, with my new rescue dog, Zelda. I smiled every time my neighbor came outside, yelling at Leo to go potty. Her sass, her love of that tiny yappy dog gave me a chuckle. Every time their neighbor's …
Zelda Girl I've written about my rescue dog, Zelda. How sad I was when I discovered her fear of the leash, among other things. Some of the ramblings were my prior dog (Sweeper) ran with me, It was a partnership, there was mutual joy . . . and on and on it went. I would …
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A month ago, I looked at all of my problems, issues, and the anger continued to build. When I picked up an Eckhart Tolle book and started really practicing the tools, I looked at my problems with full acceptance, then burst out laughing! I had an immediate release and the words "it is what it …
The first time I experienced the mirror factor, was over 25 years ago. In doing an activity on forgiveness and what I was hurt by, and writing it all out, I realized that I had done something similar to others. I was blown away. I realized that in seeing myself in others, in some way, I …
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