When I was growing up I lived in a house with parents who had conflicting views on proper conduct. This always created mixed messages. My mother was one who was all about having proper manners. The dinner table was a place where we learned about those manners, but so was any gathering. As a result, […]
Empathic vs Annoying
Being an empath myself, I totally get when one is gifted and sensitive. We do tend to see things beyond what others see, we are aware of things that are deeper in the psyche of those around us. And we do tend to be called crazy a lot because we do respond to what we […]
Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty
Ever since humans first climbed out of the caves and headed into the world at large, there has been a part of our psyche that has depended upon knowing what lies ahead. After all, if we come around the corner and end up face to face with some huge beast that is wild and unfriendly, […]
A Long Time Ago
“There is no such thing as ‘a long time ago’. There are only memories that mean something and memories that don’t.” Sylvester Stallone – This Is Us Isn’t it interesting how a memory can pop up and suddenly we are right back where we experienced that “thing” in the first place? Many studies on memory […]
Contributions and Expectations
When I was a kid I had severe allergies. This was at a time before allergies were common knowledge (yes…I am that old). Some were to food, but the most deadly ones at the time were to grain dust. Now, growing up in rural Saskatchewan, one would think that you would build up a resistance […]
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