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It is so much easier to wish
– that someone else would change
– or that circumstances would change
Than it is to change oneself.
If we know some things about ourselves
– that we can change
– that we know should change
and that we refuse…
How can we expect change in others?
Some years ago – about 20 – my sister came to speak with me about a particular teaching she could see me disappearing down the trail of – and she was concerned. I was ironing and she was making cuppas I think, when she began the topic she wanted to discuss.
Continue reading “Going Wonky”
A very angry friend once said to me “Is the word ‘encouragement’ even in your vocabulary?”
I was floored.
Continue reading “Hurt but Helped”
Mozzies love me. They land so lightly I mostly don’t know they’re beginning to sting until it’s too late but you can be sure that as un-co and reflex slow as I am, if I see it – I’m going to squish it or at least swat it away.
A couple of weeks ago I said the most awful thing I’ve ever said to anyone in my entire life. I sat, actually stunned, by the foulness of and contempt within my very own words. More about that later.
Continue reading “Squish ’em”