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The paradox – do good anyway

It seems a no-brainer most of the time to reach out and give a helping hand but if you have lived long enough and done good long enough, you have experienced: the jolting bite from the one that you have fed, the silent brooding entitlement of the teen who takes for granted the giving, the incessant demands for more concessions from the one you have repeatedly adapted to. Don’t withdraw from everyone just because of…

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The paradox – love anyway

Long ago I encountered this poem, Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments. When I read it in another book over 25 years ago the ability to google and search for an author was non-existent. When this writing came back to my awareness last week I found the book where I originally had read it and went to Google to discover that this poem was written in 1968 by Kent M. Keith as part of a booklet for students.…

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Notice That…

I have to challenge myself to pay attention to what I am paying attention to. This challenge is to combat what takes so many forms in my life that I have to work to disrupt it. The non-attention, automatic and frequent out of body thinking. You know the times when your brain detaches itself from your body to stay in a conversation that your body walked away from. Meanwhile, your body does you the favor of…

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More Rembrandt, Less Warhol

I have lived most of my life in a high functioning state. To say I have a positive mindset is an understatement. I have always been the kind of person that if I did something that wasn’t on my to-do list I would put it on the list so I would have the satisfaction of crossing it out. While this sort of productivity could be looked on with envy there is this horrendous groundhog day effect…

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When even the cat gets in the way

I began to notice back pain a few years ago where previously there had been none. Chiropractic visits helped tremendously but it finally resolved when I figured out the obvious. I was sitting too many hours hunched over my computer. Way too many! Of course, I did my research! Did you know that when muscles don’t contract, they require less fuel and the surplus in the form of blood sugar, accumulates in the bloodstream contributing…

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