i've been thinking a lot lately about forgiveness...and the paradox i keep encountering is that by needing to forgive, i.e. receive an apology, i am also the one that needs to be forgiven. i am the one that needs to apologize. profound and twisted and suddenly it makes sense to me ( Read more... )

What people do to you is rarely about you and is almost always about them. Don't take the actions of others personally. This is a profound truth because once you grasp it, your relationships will be transformed. Think about it.

-stolen from MSN relationship advice

trudy wiegel ( Read more... )

"love, love, will tear us apart again..."

and

"just because you're paranoid don't mean they're not after you..."

sometimes i wonder about my happiness...and what it means to other people...most people i know are glad for my good fortune...but i've been told they don't know me ( Read more... )

thanks for the birthday wishes...it was a good day...raymie came over to the barbecue at my parents house, and roomie sam showed up for a while...my relatives...the boy and his family (whose father, we just discovered, went to college with my uncle...they were friends, and remembered each other)...it was a mellow little partay, ending with me ( Read more... )

everything is just so weird...weird but good...after the last year, i didn't think i would ever feel this kind of peace and contentment again...not that things are perfect, but they are getting better everyday...i don't miss the bar scene...i don't miss feeling like crap all the time, physically and mentally...i have been seeing some people from my ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Bess..

if anyone knew, they'd say i was crazy...and so is he...but maybe two crazy people deserve a little happiness...i feel so 18...or 16...or 14...but more than that i feel timeless...i am happy with this moment...i am still me, but perhaps a better me, than ever before...i have prospects...i have a future...but still, i am just lovin the moment...and ( Read more... )

I am happy.
I am strong.
I love myself.
And...
I am loved.

ya wanna hear a joke?

What do two codependents do when they want to go on vacation?

Beg the other one not to leave.

i got what might be a very good job, so oregon might be shelved for a while. bummer. but with a silverypurplygolden lining. i am so 14.

but happyhappyhappy