Coffee shops for the solitary.
Only in the US have I seen an entire coffee shop filled with people alone and at their computers. Seeking human contact and warmth, yet immersed in their own worlds.
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A note about and to my father
My father took full responsibility for my sister and myself when he could have given up and run for the hills. He didn’t, he took us with him, saving our lives and giving us two worlds and two languages, the very tools that have become our weapons to navigate life.
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How guilt can inspire you or hurt you.
I try to be good, but this has not always been the case. I carry a lot of guilt on my back, for things I did and things I should have done but didn’t. Mostly for selfish reasons, I have come to realize and understand only now when it’s late to change them, but there […]
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Follow your heart, it will let you know if it’s right for you
They say we cannot will ourselves to do something if the heart isn’t in it. I’m afraid we can, but the results are often disastrous.
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Optimism is not a choice
We were checking our weather apps on our phones because I had told my friend that the weather was getting better starting Monday. She said hers showed it was not getting better till Wednesday. My weather app showed Monday as the beginning of warmer weather and sun. So, we checked to compare our weather apps […]
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The truth about “you reap what you sow.”
I have done good and I have done bad, and I’ve seen Karma, which also translates to “for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap,” unfold in my life.
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Hope keeps me alive.
Years ago my then husband bought me a teddy bear whose name was HOPE. I believe it was then that it became my favorite word and the one word that has kept me alive.
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Together #weallgrow
I had this trip planned to #weallgrow summit which was taking place in LA and in the last minute I wanted to stay behind, miss the flight and find some excuse to stay home and hide. The few days before where an emotional rollercoaster, having signed my first set of divorce papers and finding myself […]
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Tips to create your own happy moments.
We can create our own happy moments, no matter how down we may be, making a routine that will enable us to laugh and smile. This is the best indicator that we are experiencing happiness.
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My addicted life and the road to healing
My grandfather used to say that if they invented a new addiction I would quickly pick it up. He was right. When I was young I did many things to hurt myself not realizing how much I hurt others too. But at that time, I was too full of self-loathing to notice anything that wasn’t […]
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