Where The Soul Is
Finding The Place You Belong

There will likely be times in your life when your soul evolves more quickly than your circumstances. Your subconscious mind may be ready to move forward long before you recognize that you are destined to embrace a new way of life. Your soul intuitively understands that changing habitats can be a vital ( Read more... )

What is it about the middle of the night

that sees us at our weakest?  at our most child-like?  our most introspective?  3 am sees the deepest worries come to the surface, the nightmares bubble up, the panic attacks wrap themselves around our ankles and chests and pull us down.

It's when my mom pulls out the paper and pencil and writes to me:  "I' ( Read more... )

Remember how I said if it weren't for books I'd really be a redneck?  (This morning, I realized that Stranger in a Strange Land probably started me on the path to knowing better than voting for the marriage amendment.  heh.)

When I was about twelve, I remember reading a lot of Langston Hughes poetry, and loving it, and the world that it painted ( Read more... )

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Hey, they're talkin' 'bout me over at the Atlantic monthly... *grin*

Mme. Moonpie "creates a specific, emotional response: a sharp mixture of projection, longing, admiration, and aspiration. [She] evokes an audience’s hopes and dreams and makes them seem attainable, all the while maintaining enough distance to sustain the fantasy. The elements ( Read more... )

What do I want to be happy?

A balance of independence and interconnectedness

1.  Functional family dynamic

2.  Satisfying social life:  depth and variety

3.  Church community

4.  Fulfillment at work

5.  Financial control/stability

6.  Developed personal interests/activities

7.  Personal development plan

8.  Pleasing home environment

9.  Enjoyable ( Read more... )

Exploration of one's innermost emotions, through a Google search, or "entertainment from 
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Sometimes I have dreams where I'm really, really angry with someone.  For example, I dream of being livid with my mother for coming to my house and rearranging my furniture into strange configurations (all chairs lined up against the bedroom walls with the bed in the middle; all clothes piled in the dining room).  I wake up so angry with the dream- ( Read more... )

A year ago I visited and was transfixed by the Pope-Leighey House -- a Frank Lloyd Wright design about four miles from home. The corridors are small and narrow and organized, like a train corridor, so that you are enclosed and directed in how you go through the space (imagine a pinball machine). They are simultaneously light, airy, and fragrant ( Read more... )

Two nights ago I dreamed that I was responsible for cooking goat meat so that it tasted like fried chicken. My efforts were to be evaluated by my mom and Flav.
(Yes I watched this: http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/flavor_of_love/series.jhtml).