wow, I can't believe I haven't posted since the "pity party" in April ( Read more... )

Forgive me, my friends, this is simply a pity party. you're invited to not-attend.

( My Pity Party )

“I think that people who want to keep religion private are fooling themselves. Because the only question is what type of religion will be public not whether religion is going to be public. And if the good people keep religion private and the bad people make it public, well then, don’t expect anything but a world full of bad religion” --Eboo Patel ( Read more... )

why isn't anyone talking about this ( Read more... )

Sunshine, B vitamins and life make me feel very hopeful. WE may still be a month away from Spring time, but that's OK with me 'cause March is going to be pretty. Maybe our "in like a lion" part of march was a little confused and came on Feb 29th with that snow Friday morning ... and the rest could be LIKE A LAMB!!! well, it's hopeful, right ( Read more... )

I had another emotional week - Tuesday I was so depressed that I left work early. I felt completely overwhelmed and sad, could not focus and needed to sleep. In fact, I took naps every day this week, and not because I wasn't sleeping enough at night ( Read more... )

One is silver and the other's Gold! Goes the girls scout song... it continues "a circle is round, it has no end, that's how long I will be be your friend ( Read more... )

So... I was reviewing yesterday's entry "when I focus on MY..." and I was concerned. While there is quite a long continuum between gross-altruism, health and narcissism, I think that narcissism is generally BAD. And I think that my entry yesterday failed to make the connection between unhealthy narcissism and the healthy self-care which empowers ( Read more... )

I realized something powerful today. Starting in November, months ago, my "heart-brokenness" transitioned and I have not been suffering/grieving over the loss of a romantic relationship. I have been grieving the loss of a friendship - one which I had believed transcended the romantic, but which I had read completely wrong. But I did not know ( Read more... )

So a good friend shared an amazing quotation with me today from Sue Monk Kidd's Book "When the Heart Waits ( Read more... )