This might be a bit of a long read. My apologies. A good friend told me not so long ago that I am guarded when it comes to my personal life. I really do not see how that is possible, considering how often I offer way too much information on things, even in a joking […]
Making Sense out of Chaos
We are told from very young ages to avoid chaos at all costs. Chaos is seen as an extremely negative aspect of life. It is viewed as something that causes nothing but death and destruction or, at the very least, radical and painful disruption. I have a different view of chaos. I thought I might […]
Holding Back
Sometimes we go through things that are uncomfortable, unsettling, even traumatic. What is traumatic to one person may not mean much to the next, but that does not make it less painful for the one who experienced it as a trauma. Often when one goes through something like this, there is a form of self-protection […]
The Cycles of Three
We often hear about how things come in three’s. This is often used as a way of holding on to a pessimistic view on life. One person that we know dies. Then the father of a friend dies. We suddenly think “Oh oh! Things come in three’s you know!” Then, two months later, someone we […]
Just Let It Go
You hear that phrase a lot. “Just let it go”, as though that is supposed to make anything better. It sounds trite and condescending when what we are going through is a struggle that is very real for us. Being told to just let it go gives us the definite message that what we are […]
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