Author: PattyMayeuxBlog
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High Praise…
This Monday we continue the sticky wicket of loving and honoring ourselves without sounding self-righteous, ego-centric and (horrors!) conceited. To honor someone is to hold them in high esteem or respect. There will be more discussions in future posts regarding the correct offer of respect only when one is deserving. For now, respect means to…
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Quote of the Week…
“Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.: Alice Walker
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Confessions of a blogger…
These Wednesday posts are meant to share my joys/frustrations/challenges of sending my written words into the big wide world. Today I confess two things. One, I am still finessing the posting world via this wonderful wordpress site. For example, I sometimes pre-post and schedule them to go live a few days later. But today I…
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The selfless act of honoring oneself…
Continuing our Monday discussion from last week, to honor and love oneself means to offer our best, and to hold a portion of our fruits for our own consumption. Wait, does the title say selfless or selfish? If one lets go of a fear that there is not enough (love, money, fruits, self…) to go…
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Today’s Friday Quote
“Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.” Sir Thomas Brown, 1778-1820
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Pushing and Pulling
This Wednesday I am pushing against some self-imposed deadlines, while being pulled toward new and exciting goals. I have recently participated in a constructive pitching roundtable (during which I felt both woefully unprepared and unexpectedly encouraged) while continuing online classes with the Kauai Writers Conference. Pushing to refine and refine and refine novel pitches, loglines…
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Love Yourself = Honor Yourself
The third ELAN Principle is Love Yourself. Yeah, yeah, we have heard it before. Easy to say, so hard to do. If love = honor, all the more difficult. After all, we are taught to be humble, and rightly so. But that does NOT mean to hold feelings of dishonor, derision or disrespect toward oneself.…
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Respect others; ALL others…
“A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is a mirror.” Ken Keyes, Jr. 1921-1995
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Technical Glitches Abound…
That is a terrible title for my Wednesday post about my publishing journey, but sadly fitting. Some of you may have popped on last week and seen a lovely post on Monday. Now it is gone. Even the helpful people at wordpress couldn’t find it. But here’s the good news – I changed my standard…
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Monday, Monday…
Apologies if that song is now stuck in your head for the remainder of the day. You know the one, by the Mamas and the Papas? Monday morning, so good to me etc. A brain worm, for sure. Maybe it is on purpose that I post the inspirational ELAN blogs on Monday to help us…
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