Don’t Engage. Don’t Engage. Don’t Engage. This has been my mantra of sorts for a while now. It’s the phrase I hear in my head (always repeated three times) when I am waffling between commenting on something in social media,…
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Something Old – Something New
June is wedding season, so I thought I’d borrow an old adage in keeping with the times: Something Old – Something New. “Something OLD” refers to a theme or message that I have shared for many years with my readers and…
My Favorite Italian Word
In Eat Pray Love Liz Gilbert suggested we all have a word that defines us or our situation. For her it was “attraversiamo,” which translates to “let’s cross over,” that defined the period of her life in which she wrote the book.…
The Powerlessness of Living Outside Yourself
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker I came across this quote the other day, and it struck me with how simple it is. At first I wanted…
How Non-Attachment Enhanced My Birthday
Last week was my birthday, and it was one of the best I’ve celebrated in a long time for many reasons, but especially this: I practiced non-attachment. Everything throughout the day was a gift. The text from an old friend?…
Windows of Opportunity
We all have them: windows of opportunity. Often, though, we are looking at them in hindsight with regret, only recognizing their potential once the window has mostly, if not completely, closed. Why does this happen? Why don’t we see it,…