The simple life

The simple life is one that is drama free. One in which you tune in with the world and accept it as it is, in the sense that you don’t spend your time complaining about things and not changing them, on the contrary, when something doesn’t work, try something new. Accepting that life it is […]

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How to find a mentor

I don’t look for mentors but they happen to show up in my life and I take full advantage of them. When I was younger I was too self-absorbed to see them. Now, as they come into my life I easily recognize them and pick up habits that if it weren’t for them, my mentors, […]

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Deep breaths of life

I guess it was a month and a half ago when I started really taking deep breaths of life, peace and serenity. It had been a while since I had felt this way, in fact, years, no wait! Maybe never before! That nagging feeling of dissatisfaction has left me at long last, as I’ve accepted and […]

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What gets you through hard times

I’ve gone through plenty of hard times, as most of us have. The downs are part of life, but it is our choice how we manage to get through them and our attitude. If we only focus wholeheartedly on the bad, the time we spend in the darkness of the tunnel will be longer, more […]

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What really matters in life

It’s taken me till now to realize what really matters and what makes me happy. I can tell by how my heart seems to expand and how my loneliness has dissipated. What really matters to me might not be what matters to everyone, but taking a hard look at myself and my life after a […]

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Age, labels, barriers, and tribes

When I was 37 my sister told me to sign up for More, a magazine for women over forty. I didn’t want to do it because I just didn’t feel any kinship with those women. Now at fifty, I still don’t. It’s not a matter of age; it’s a matter of not ever feeling part […]

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My Dear fifteen-year-old,

Fifteen is like the rite of passage, it is fun and exhausting at the same time. A time of discovery not only of new experiences but of your own feelings. A time of confusion and relative anxiety in a time when you believe you should know where you are headed. You actually don’t have to […]

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