I’ve always been sensitive and prone to anxiousness. Co-vid, a new grand baby living here and now a war has ramped it up. The world seems to have gotten courser, more aggressive and dehumanizing. Part of that is seeing less people in our
Personal Growth
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I’ve been reading a lot lately about how there isn’t enough time, housework drains our energy, men don’t do enough of it, etc. But, I have found that all the negative ideas of home care do not help motivate you to do it. Sure,
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The other day as I was leaving the grocery store, I saw a woman helping an older lady who was struggling with the groceries. She smiled gently and gratefully. Two strangers had a nice conversation on the way to the car. I felt inner joy at the
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I’ve always been sensitive to criticism. I was re-reading an old journal and it contained an entry about some criticism I endured. I was so angry and writing about how it was unfair. Rationalizing all the good stuff I did. Noticing all the
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When I think of my future self, I often picture a sage, wise woman. Someone calm who realizes all the little things I worry about don’t matter in the long run. Everything passes. You live through it all until you don’t. A being that
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. Seneca It is
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For the longest time I set up my life so no one would get mad at me, instead of following Spirit, guidance, or intuition. Truth is I still do life this way more than I want. When that happens I am not doing what is true for me to do. I am not