In the past, excusing ourselves of all responsibility prevented us from being blamed. We have learned that it also prevented us from feeling worthy, from fulfilling our potential, from feeling the excitement that comes with achievement. ~ Casey, Karen. Each […]
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Real Power
Eventually, we learn the lesson that real power comes from allowing ourselves to be vulnerable enough to feel hurt. Real power comes from knowing we can take care of ourselves, even when we feel emotional pain. Real power comes when […]
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“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh We once may have taken on the world to manage, trying hard but doing a miserable job. […]
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Jeremiah watched a potter’s work, saw him destroy his ware, squash it back to clay, understood a parable of God’s giving up on Israel, balling it up, beginning again. Six hundred years later a carpenter lived, knew God as nobody […]
Continue reading »I Am to Blame
I listed folks who made me mad years and years ago, people I resented, blamed them for wrecking my life. But as I looked back now piecing together what happened I realized almost without exception the fault was mine, the […]
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