Gentling is a lifelong process. With each step in the training process, you must reestablish that original trust you worked so hard to attain. ~ eHow.com, “How to Gentle a Horse.” Mild in temperament, calm in behavior, tender and kind. […]
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Hugging Hopelessness
I was not just holding on to hopelessness and depression, I was hugging it! – Kaitlan K How can you not want to be whole? Who could find comfort in chaos? Why would I eat until misery reigned knowing from […]
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Loneliness echoes through crowded rooms, seeking out me, the insecure. Moving to a town of closed cliques is an empty chasm of edges. Who am I? I lack definition, mirroring back what I think you want. Lonely is married year […]
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When I have an urge to betray a confidence, to gossip, or to tell something extremely personal to a total stranger, I stop and “Think.” ~ Courage to Change, page 16 I was twenty, the first time alone away from […]
Continue reading »Room for Feelings
Why am I leaping into the future? Perhaps I’ve given my feelings no room to exist. ~ Courage to Change, page 15 Feelings. Apprehensive, dread, foreboding, fright, mistrustful, panicked, petrified, scared. Suspicious, terrified, wary, worried. Aggravated, dismayed, disgruntled, displeased exasperated. Frustrated! Impatient, irritated, irked… […]
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