Did change break you?
Jul 26, 2023
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Have you considered that it doesn't take trauma or drama to break a person? Sometimes a loved one's relentless subtle messages that "you should change" tear away pieces of you in the same way as a naughty boy might strip the bark from a tree, oblivious that he might kill it!
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Have you noticed people don't sin the same?
Jul 19, 2023
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Do you ever look at what someone has gotten themselves into and think, "I'd never do that!" You may have a blind spot when it comes to your own shadowy side or it may be true that you'd never do such a thing, but it's also likely that the other person would never make the mistakes you...
How to lose "friends" and disappoint people
Jul 17, 2023
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Yes, I'm deliberately spoofing the all-time bestseller, 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. Nothing wrong with the book, except if we truly believe the lie that we can copy and paste some suggested behaviors and produce a predictable outcome in our relationship with anyone. The lie...
Boxes aren't for people
Jul 14, 2023
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(Excerpt from Chapter 5—Unboxing Personality in 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎; 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎)
People are like the pieces of peculiar art on Via Padova in Milan, Italy. Most passers-by see only the five yellow metal structures on the sidewalk: two circles, two triangles, and an arrow. However, those who look...
Those people who hang over the fence and why I want to be like them
Jul 11, 2023
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My husband did a fine pruning job on the hydrangea in the corner of our yard last fall, hence the spray of off-white florets this summer. Driving home yesterday, I wondered what was proper pruning etiquette when it comes to prolific, wild flowering like what we have going on...
Rain or snow or shine
Mar 15, 2022
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It is 4.10 am, and my first of 5 alarms - set 5 minutes apart until 4.30 - does the job. I am not an over-sleeper, but the mere thought of missing my daybreak flight to Minneapolis for a marriage weekend had me go full OCD on the phone alarm last night. Just in case.
Good thing. 4.30 would...