Like putting on a your life vest before a child’s. Like taking a plank from your own eye before a splinter in another’s. Like getting a strong foothold before reaching out to help someone, a good grasp before offering to […]
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Do What You Cannot
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso “But I’m too weak, I’ll never make it.” Don’t worry; we have all thought and said the same […]
Continue reading »What Ignoring You Means
You say I ignore you, but you’re wrong. The word means “refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.” There’s also, “set aside, pay no attention to, take no account of.” You seem to believe when you say something […]
Continue reading »Perfection Keeps You Sick
The perfection is what kept me sick! ~ Jhe T. James How can being perfect be a character defect? Because it’s not possible. It’s an illusion, one you don’t really believe but have to pretend because if you don’t then people will know! […]
Continue reading »Too Late
I guess it’s too late to live on a farm, although it’s never appealed, I’d never have chosen it. Some things, though, I wish I’d done. And as I sit here at sixty-eight I’m prone to say it’s too late. […]
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