On my way into work a few days ago, I was thinking about all this mess with the govt. shutdown and the intransigence of the Hard Right over the Affordable Healthcare Act (aka, ObamaCare). My main thought was along the lines of “Why on Earth do these folks have such a bug up their asses about affordable health care?” I mean, even from a purely ( Read more... )

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It is time for the year's final harvest. It is time to take stock of what I have sown, and what I have reaped ( Read more... )

I really thought I was in a "better" place. Not perfect, mind you, and certainly not "there"... but better. I thought I was finally able to look at things happening around me in a way that was closer to the "truth" than I had been able to see before. I thought I had gotten past letting my hopes, desires and/or expectations be filters. I thought I ( Read more... )

The keyword for the weekend was: rest.

After sleeping in on Friday, and even having a nap Friday afternoon, I slept in on Saturday, and I had 10 hours of sleep again today. And I still felt like I was worn down and dragging. Aside from a couple of outings on Saturday (one for errands, one for food) there was whole lotta nothing going on. Today saw ( Read more... )

To feel love for someone means, among other things, that there is a willingness to make sacrifices. Yet we must also love ourselves, and take care of ourselves, so that we have the resources to give to those we love when the need arises. Sometimes, the borders get very, very fuzzy. When are you giving too much? When are you holding back to much? ( Read more... )

For a few weeks now, I've been doing fine. Better than fine, in fact.

Today? I woke up feeling like crap, but went into work anyway. After having to run to the pot 4 times inside of 2 hours, I went back home. I rested for most of the day. As I was writing in my pen-and-paper journal, my left arm was shaking. I've been hit with a powerful wave of ( Read more... )

I never thought I would ever be able to say this. I'm not speaking metaphorically, either. I mean, I didn't ever think I would be able to say this ( Read more... )