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This is the time of year that is supposed to be about getting together with family and friends. I don’t know how it is for other families, but in my family, Christmas is like a fairy tale. Good children get everything they want. There are no bad children. There are unlimited funds. Everyone loves everyone. And we all live happily ever after – just as soon as we Continue reading » Have a Real Merry Christmas Photo credit: DeusXFlorida
How do we survive adversity? What is the difference between surviving and thriving? I believe the difference is in how we tell our story. And often, the story we tell is the one we inherited. My mother grew up in the depression. She was one of those people who remembered the depression as being an awful time. There were four of them, my grandfather and grandmother, my aunt and Mom. To hear her tell the story, life was Continue reading » Appreciate What You Have Photo credit: Casey David Does your world view serve you?
Our whole life, we are working towards the goal of integrating our view of the world with reality. Some might say (usually therapists) that our pain comes from our attempts to make reality conform to our beliefs:
In reality, life is a constant progression towards the ability to live with shades of gray. As kids, we’re taught to Continue reading » Adulthood Photo credit: Sugar Pond
I love stories. I’ve been making my way, very slowly, through Michael Yapko’s Hand-Me-Down Blues Photo credit: bottled_void
This past week I developed what I call the “acid flu.” My system seems to naturally create plenty of acid and when my stress level is high, my acid manufacturing machine goes into overdrive. This leaves me feeling nauseous – not anyone’s favorite feeling – and miserable and achy. The only good side to it is that I lose my appetite. Unfortunately, this is probably the one time I need to eat – to rebalance my system. For a while, I felt Continue reading » What I Learned Last Week |
 Take a short break and consider the following: “The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into perspective.” Robert Brault 
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