When the whole world is against me, when I can telegraph just how bad it is, how wrong, then you can see what a martyr I am. I can wallow in self-pity and be succored by yours. But real healing, […]
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The Trouble is Thinking
Whatever the precise definition of the word may be, we call this plain insanity. How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else? You may think this an extreme case. To us […]
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What do you call love, hate, charity, revenge, humanity, magnanimity, forgiveness? Different results of the one master impulse: the necessity of securing one’s self-approval. ~ Mark Twain One master impulse – securing self-approval. For years I tried devious, negative means, […]
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You hurt me so I pay you back. You retaliate and I counter, revenge for tit for tat, in kind for a taste of medicine. Is this the game of life — maybe love tennis style, but none for real? […]
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Every April, every November, he sets out a list of poetry prompts. Every Tuesday he gives opposites, “Two for Tuesday” he calls it. And every year, twice a year, the prompt is to “Write a love poem” or “Write an […]
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