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Spiritual shapewear

We shape our own world. Not depending on circumstances to determine how we are feeling, but depending on our choices for how we feel. It’s not external; we are not victims. It’s internal; we are creators. Yes, this (insert particular crappy situation here) really sucks. But I don’t. And neither do you.

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Note to Self: inner peace

I’ve really been fine, lately. But it’s the type of fine that is subconsciously used as a hope and a wish, rather than an actual reflection of how I’m really feeling. Can you relate? I discover this, as things just keep falling apart around me. It seems I continue to screw up, even though I […]

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Efficiency is the killer of imagination

Very recently I read that “efficiency is the killer of imagination,” and for the life of me can’t recall from where or by whom. Chalk it up to the fact that I’ve been reading from a variety of written sources lately, and also that this idea struck me so hard I’ve been kind of in […]

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More daily self care

We care for ourselves when we pay attention to what is also already going right, and not merely just what we are overcoming. Are you navigating arthritis in your hands — and you are able to open most containers? Did you forget deodorant on your recent shopping trip — and you remembered toilet paper? Did […]

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Self care is also in the moments

We hear a lot about self care, and quite honestly that’s a good thing. We can’t truly be of help to another unless our own cup is full, too. There’s a difference between service and martyrdom… It’s easy to think of self care in the bigger acts. Who doesn’t love the idea of really treating […]

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