Jenny Holzer, Truisms, 1982At the root of every single feeling of discomfort, lies one emotion: fear. Fear is the emotion responsible for all forms of suffering. Sadness, anxiety, worry, rage, hatred, envy, and all other forms of suffering are rooted in fear. However, once you…
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Poetry Friday: Last night, as I was sleeping | Antonio Machado
Last night, as I was sleeping | Antonio Machado Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt — marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a…
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Poetry Friday: Good Girl | Kim Addonizio
Good Girl | Kim Addonizio Look at you, sitting there being good. After two years you’re still dying for a cigarette. And not drinking on weekdays, who thought that one up? Don’t you want to run to the corner right now for a fifth of…
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Poetry Friday: survival poem #17 | Marty McConnell
survival poem #17 | Marty McConnell because this is what you do. get up. blame the liquor for the heaviness. call in late to work. go to the couch because the bed is too empty. watch people scream about love on Jerry Springer. count the…
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Poetry Friday: The Uses of Sorrow | Mary Oliver
The Uses of Sorrow | Mary Oliver (In my sleep I dreamed this poem) Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.
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Poetry Friday: In Blackwater Woods | Mary Oliver
In Blackwater Woods | Mary Oliver Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds,…
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Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs
“Love whatever gets in the way, until it ceases to be an obstacle.” —Mark Nepo There lives an elephant kept from his freedom by a thin rope tied to one leg. A passing man, who realized that this flimsy tether could not restrain…
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Forget Resolutions, Let’s Talk About Weakness
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. Weakness—we all have one (or three or fifty). Whether you’re Superman, me, or you—you know what it is. In fact, you’ve probably got a few of them. Mine (in no particular order) are:…
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The Catacombs of Paris
I will write a full post about Day 4 in Paris, but I am writing a separate post about my experience in the Catacombs of Paris for two reasons. First, the fourth day of my trip was full & bursting at the seams. And second,…