NOTE: This is Part 2 of a 2-part series. Read Part 1 – Why are relationships so hard here. People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life […]
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Image from here You are beautiful So beautiful that the universe trembles with ecstasy as it gazes unwaveringly at you You are so beautiful my love That nothing can add to or take away from your beauty Neither stars nor comets can celebrate you enough And yet you fuss and fret Convinced that
If it’s hard it may be NORMAL, but that’s never NATURAL I like to make a distinction between what I consider *normal* and what I consider *natural*. To me *normal* is a human calibrated value or bandwidth within which it is expected and assumed most people fall. Some of the vast range of human
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You know, I could get worked up or at least more than mildly irritated when I hear people put off their happiness until one or other condition they’ve set is fulfilled. I could, but I don’t because I don’t believe in putting off my happiness. I don’t believe in waiting for certain conditions to be
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I was having afternoon tea (well actually it was coffee, a long espresso, to be exact) with 4 year-old Molly and her mother, Susan (not their ‘real’ names). Molly was colouring while talking to me in between my conversation with her mum. “So, you’re going to have a sleepover at Daddy’s, are you?” I
Why you shouldn’t *compromise*! Read More »