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a little bit of helpful thoughts came to me today while I worked.I just kind of thought about me behind the bakery counter, workingaway at packaging the baked goods all on my own as my little cave.I...

I'm thinking about my friend the Abbess and how she said the monastic life has been really wonderful for her. That it's held her heart really well. It suits her very much she said.I've been thinking...

I think I will apply the same strategy to the suffering and pain that I experienceto my ruminating/spinning in place 'not knowing what to do" -I encourage myself by challenging me to hold on a little...

work went well todayi was thinking about how we all have to deal with selfresponsibility to get going on the job as well as they friction we canfeel as we get on with the work - work stress? is...

Just making a space here and taking the opportunity to be grateful for life.My yoga teacher used to say that a sunrise salutation was like a deep breath of gratitude and just "saying yes to...

 I am sitting here in my apartment. The windows are open andme and Blue are just chillaxing while hearing the sounds of the workmen chattering and scraping and paintingthe fence outside.I turned so...

I’m here at work, and usually I'd get my work station ready but they're waxing the floors right now...so that will have to wait! :) I'm in the Starbucks cafe listening to the Muzak for the time...

Just winding down to do the workweek routine.I am so grateful for this site and all of the friends here.I hope you guys are doing well today.Here's to positive vibes for us!

I don't want to trigger anyone, by talking about old age and planning for it.I don't know exactly why I am seeing this now, perhaps it is the time in my life, perhaps it is part ofmy good health?I am...

a while back I bought myself a french press coffeemaker and began making my own coffee at homerather than buying it a starbucks every day after work.It really saved me a bunch of money - though the...

Sometimes I think if only I understood things then all it would take for me to succeed professionally is the direction and drive.Honestly I have understanding and wisdom under my belt but the reality...

My therapist brought up the subject of ambivalence yesterday. At first I thought nothing of it. Then a while after we met, including last night and this morning, I saw how ambivalence has been...

today went really well at work! :)I was feeling so undermined,  initially, by the random crazy energy within me, that seems to peck away at my sense of self, this was at the outset/beginning of my...