I find inspiration in my friends, who serve as constant reminders to keep working towards my goals and support me in being the best I am. I find it in random conversations with strangers, in talking to children, and working with clients. I find it in books and on blogs, in billboard ads and in [...]
I grew up in a non-traditional family – a (closeted) queer household. My father was present, but he wasn’t a household fixture. My mother’s “family” was made up largely of a close network of friends; and although I spent several summers with my first cousins, we weren’t all that close. They rarely came to visit [...]
Life blesses the ones who are willing to do the work with clear intention and purpose.
I’m more concerned with doing things right. What is the right thing? I could think I’m doing the right thing and come to find that it was exactly the wrong thing. So, I’d rather just focus on doing things right.
What exactly is the key to understanding women in relationships? How exactly is women’s enlightenment the key to “save the world?” I know for sure it doesn’t mean a lot of women ACTING enlightened, or behaving in the “enlightened” fashion de jour. Acting enlightened, rather than living it as our truth, tends to just make [...]
Babies, children’s laughter, random run-ins with friends, good food, a good hug, a job well done, life in general.
I set a time limit on having depressed emotions, and then I have a glass of water and pull out a pen and paper and make a list of what is working in my life. Or, I call someone, go outside for a walk, or find one of my great huggers to melt into. Nothing [...]
There are several things that I don’t like to admit about myself, like my middle class (upbringing) tendencies/sensibilities, specifically the arrogant/uppity ones; my predominately Locavore lifestyle (I prefer the term, locally minded); and, I am not a foodie (dammit). But the more I resist the label, the more I find myself embracing it. Locavore, that [...]
My 4 ½ year “long-distance” relationship with a man, 14 years my senior, who is a divorced father of a special needs child. I don’t know that I have ever done so much work on myself trying to be a better human being in this relationship as I have in any other aspect of my [...]
I’m not certain that anything I’m doing is following the status quo right now, so this question isn’t applicable to my life. I do everything differently and everyone is judging me. Does this mean I should think of something that would be completely out of character for me? Like get a “real” job? Grow my [...]
Yes, but not as often as I probably should. I’m thinking about setting a calendar reminder so that I create a “moment of gratitude” for what is real and good in my life on a daily basis. Yes, I will do that. 585 260 5272
I’m not entirely certain that I believe in innocence, but since I have to define it, I’d say it is a state of being that is free of corruption and conformity. It’s marked by a fearlessness of the future, believes in the good of all, and is expansive. Ignorance is a state of being [...]
I don’t know that I have a “greatest fear”. It feels like such a waste or energy and mind space to even sit here and give that thought.
My joy is working through the fear of what I really need to hear or do or say to make the life I want possible, and seeing myself becoming more myself on the other side.
I don’t drive, and I work from home…mostly. But when I’m on my bike headed home (or anywhere), I’m usually thinking defensively as I ride through Brooklyn streets, navigating through the various common indecencies that make urban spaces so much fun to live in: People cross the street in between parked cars, folks on the [...]
Not that I can think of. I mean, I’m making things happen, but, that’s part of my process. Damn! Guess I got some work to do.
I have maintained several long-term commitments (maturity!), have a lot more self-confidence, and I cut off all my hair (release!), and gained weight (fat and happy!).
The Universe just keeps playing with my emotions and my mental state. I have to make a really big decision in the next couple of weeks, a decision long overdue. It’s changing everything I thought I wanted for myself these past few years, and while I’m not necessarily starting from scratch, I am starting over. [...]
I am imagining a life of world traveling, making art, eating good food, and living off the land.
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