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Category Archives: Friendship
Touchstone – Spring Fling
1 April 2016 Laughter, song and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration or healing: We are not alone. ~Brené Brown I’m … Continue reading
To Boldly Go
15 March 2016 If it’s authentically within reach, you can deliberately, even willfully settle yourself in love as a central quality in your mind. This is not phony: the love that’s there in you is genuinely there. In fact, choosing … Continue reading
Touchstone – Romancing Life
11 March 2016 I no longer want to be someone who imagines a better future, someone yearning for things to be different, someone who hopes her way into missing what perfection is, right here, in her face. ~Sonya Lea, Wondering … Continue reading
Touchstone – Go, Friend, Go!
25 September 2015 Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~ A.A. Milne I was working through big clots of thoughts about how important friendship is to … Continue reading
Posted in Courage, Friendship, Touchstones, Vulnerability
Tagged Getting Along, Jena Schwartz
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Go, Friend, Go!
22 September 2015 We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box. ~Robert Fulghum … Continue reading
Posted in Being Authentic, Courage, Friendship, Satisfaction, Vulnerability
Tagged Robert Fulghum
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Laying Down the Gavel
9 September 2015 And when the black thread breaks, the weaver shall look into the whole cloth, and he shall examine the loom also. ~Kahlil Gibran, from The Prophet I’ve been thinking about judging lately. Several weeks ago I … Continue reading