Tag: Love Yourself
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Quote of the Week…
“Talent for talent’s sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
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Marvelous Multiplicity…
What if you were really good at one thing? What if it was at the exclusion of all else? Recent conversations have revolved around the frustration of being good at many things, but never the outlier. Can you relate? I challenge you to see the beauty of the world of multiplicity. Find a comfy spot…
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Quote of the Week…
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” Desmond Tutu, 1931-2021
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Be True to Yourself…
It is the only way to be authentic in a world of others. So often we find ourselves living out someone else’s idea of a life. I hope that is not the case for you. May you know exactly what floats your boat and have many opportunities to ride the high seas of your particular…
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Quote of the Week…
“The truly important things in life — love, beauty, and one’s own uniqueness – are constantly being overlooked.” Pablo Casals, 1876-1973
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Imperfect Tense…
The definition of the imperfect tense is unfinished…an ongoing action that has not been completed. We are called to perfection, knowing it won’t be achieved. The ongoing progress toward that end is the reward, the journey is the goal, not the destination. Yet our imperfections cause tension; a drive or a need to make a…
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Dimmer Switch…
After reading “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton (Stay Gold, Ponyboy), I’ve seen other references to “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost. Stay gold, as in nature’s first green is gold. Keep your innocence, your unjaded view, your hope for a bright tomorrow. Our society does not favor the innocents. I personally like a…
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You Are Perfectly Amazing…
Writing in the first-person point of view uses I pronouns versus the he, she or they of third person. The rarer second person uses the you pronoun. The reader becomes the main character, doing, saying, acting and even thinking whatever the author writes. It’s a work of fiction. It’s not about you, but the author…
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Quote of the Week…
“O I say these are not the parts and poems of the body only, but of the soul, O I say now these are the soul!” Walt Whitman, I Sing the Body Electric, 1855
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Body thankful…
One of the highlights of my fun time at Jazz Fest was dancing and singing with thousands of music lovers as Lizzo belted her songs and her Big Girls frolicked on stage. I’m thankful for the current message of Body Neutral, an offshoot of Body Positivity trends which began in the sixties. Body Neutral means…
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