Here’s Something New to Feel Good About Today! “You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.” Anonymous Do you think the idea of “loving yourself” sounds selfish? What important life lesson have you...
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© Joyce Jacobson As a teenager, I wrote in secret, finding it difficult to put my work out there in classes or workshops. If I could not write honestly, I would not write. I was closeted at work, with family, friends and neighbors. But a closet is too dark a place for writing, though from time to time I used a flashlight, or hid my...
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“What’s the matter with that girl now? Is she going to bawl the rest of her life? Tell her to get in here and wash the dishes,” my dad said. My mother had more sympathy. At first we thought I had a rash. Big ugly red bumps appeared all over my face, but when they turned into ugly sores, I could hardly bear it.
read moreHere’s Something To Feel Good About Today! “Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.” Dr. Wayne Dyer Today was a bad hair day. As if that weren’t enough, I began to look for and find all the other parts of myself that are less than perfect. Before long the bags under my eyes looked puffier,...
read moreMarlene’s Mid-Life Diary I’ve come a long way in not taking on other people’s stuff; their attitude, their mood or their expectations. It’s not my job to fix anyone. I have a hard enough time monitoring my own attitudes and behaviors. It is my part to read between the lines, and to try and understand where they are coming...
read moreHere’s Something To Feel Good About Today… I received this message in an e-mail today. “Our purpose in life is not something we do; it is realizing what we are.” This reminded me of how often the measure of my self-esteem has been based on my level of accomplishments and even more on the sums I have been paid for them. The...
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