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The Hero’s Journey
Is God punishing us? Are we weak, insignificant and powerless? Maybe you want to do the right thing. You want to be patient and kind. You want to love others; only to find yourself pushing others away to keep from being hurt again. You want to understand — why? Why can’t people just live and…
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Not Everyone Wants to Play Nice In the Sandbox
I am reminded often of the effects of dealing with people who want to control and manipulate others. The more dangerous ones have mastered their techniques and can fool the most vigilant people who’ve already been affected by this personality type. I feel it’s important to include this message in this blog, because you can…
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Losing Someone or Something
I’m sorry if you’ve just lost something – like a job, or worse. Maybe you’ve recently lost someone. We lose people for various reasons. It could be through irreconcilable differences, distance, or even death. The pain of losing someone or something can feel excruciating. Loss is something we all must face in this lifetime —…
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Pain Into Power
No matter what happens in our lives, we will be okay. We must remember this life is not always meant to be easy. If it were easy, we would be weak. We weren’t made to be weak. We were made to be strengthened. We were made to experience, learn, and grow. At times the growth…
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I’m Sorry
I’m sorry. And I’m not just saying that because you told me to say it. I truly am sorry. I’m sorry I failed you as a mother. I’m sorry you had to live with divorced parents. I’m sorry you didn’t feel the love I have for you. I’m sorry I couldn’t share that with you…
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No God, No Love
Have you seen Gavin Newsom’s interviews? Notice the way he shifts blame for the recent fires; the way he doesn’t seem to care at all about the people he serves in California. He seems proud when he speaks of the “Marshall Plan” to rebuild LA 2.0. He seems to have no compassion for human beings…
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Saturday’s Warriors
I was taught as a teen that my peers and I would be warriors (Saturday’s Warriors) in the last days. I remember adding up the years to see how old I would be. I was taught even though we wouldn’t know the day or the hour; it would most likely be sometime between 2020 and…
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Save Yourself
More and more people seem to be on edge lately, ready for a fight. I think we’re just trying to protect ourselves. We can get pretty creative how we do it — sometimes hiding it from ourselves. Nobody is going to do it for us, so we try to save ourselves. We might be fighters.…
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Difficult Days
Do you sometimes feel lost with no ambition? Some days we look at the condition of the world, or challenging circumstances surrounding us, and we feel small and defeated. In the book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell explains that our lives are similar to many popular old stories. In order to become…
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A Childhood Christmas
Christmas Eve in the 70’s seems like so long ago, and like yesterday at the same time. Can we pause our busy lives and take just a moment to remember? For us 70’s kids, it was possibly the single most anticipated night of the year. Santa was coming! Perhaps you asked Santa for an Etch-A-Sketch…
Lost and Finding Joy 