Bits and Pieces
Bits and Pieces
To thine own self be true
When I was a teen trying to impress a guy by being someone I wasn't, my father gave be sage advice that would become my truth.
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Eventually, people who lie get tangled up in their own webs of deceit
“What a tangled web we weave when we first practice to deceive.”
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Learn to love yourself
Duck! Cupid, that chubby baby wearing diapers holding a quiver full of arrows is aiming one to your heart. But wait…perhaps ...
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With COVID isolation, a new appreciation of Mom’s wisdom emerges
Be willing to shed what is safe and predictable in order to embrace new experiences, places, pleasures, and passions.
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‘…If only in my dreams…’ Coping with a lonely pandemic holiday season
Holiday blues are common, but this year in the pandemic, many people will have to cope with being alone for the holidays for the first time.
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Kindness: in giving we receive
Perhaps on Thanksgiving 2020 feeling grateful is not in the cards for some. But we can always — always — give kindness. We can dispel bluster and bombast with gentleness.
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‘A lifetime burning in every moment’
What are we waiting for? Life with a capital L is happening now.
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Learning to let go of negativity
In that moment of awareness everything changed: “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
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In the new normal, where would we be without video?
In the age of COVID, Zoom, FaceTime and Skype connect us with family, friends, work and the community at large.
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Lessons learned while COVID binge-watching
Marathon viewing included: "The Affair," "Dead to Me," "Ozark," "Liar" and "This Much I Know is True." All had one thing in common: These folks lived messy lives.
