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How simultaneously harrowing and splendid it is to live in a world so full of possibilities, so overrun with apparent contradictions and complexity! Always a hurdle to cross, a new, heavier mental weight to bear. Then just when you reach the cliff of your wits, a Royal Super Negro in a Vibranium microweave suit swoops …
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When the recent “Me Too” movement—intended to bring awareness to the pervasiveness of sexual violence—took the internet, and my Facebook news feed, by storm, I tried to avoid it. I tried to sit quietly and let it pass while looking on with empathy and an encouraging nod to those who were brave enough to tell …
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Ever heard this song by Kelly Clarkson? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra-Om7UMSJc I'm well acquainted with it. Very recently, I had a part-time job in a furniture store where the soundtrack included this heartfelt number. And every time that sad, pathetic piano music started up, I wanted to run into the manager's office and kick the stereo. Many... many …
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"I'm afraid." "I can't keep calm." "I fear for my black son." "I fear for my black daughter." "I don't know if my husband will make it home safe." "I don't know if I will make it home safe." "The world has gone crazy!" “I feel hopeless.” These are some of the sentiments that …
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rsCdxctICE ..."It means you're my husband... but ... I can have a boyfriend"... WHAT THE F%*K? As sophisticated a presentation of open marriage as Enchant TV has provided so far, I still found myself squirming when Keena made that statement in the first episode of Compersion. It was perfect-- an elegant packaging of a …
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Opposites attract. I hear people say it all the time. I’ve said it myself. I can relate. Though my husband and I have some things in common, we also have quite a few fundamental characteristics that are opposite. Because of this, in many good ways we complement one another. It’s like a natural system of …
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Someone once told me that while detachment can be a very useful survival tool in certain situations, it should not be a way of life. Yet I’m finding that there are some circumstances and people with whom I have had to adopt a lifetime strategy of detachment. Well maybe I’m not employing the strategy of …
Continue reading "Is it unconditional love, “settling”, or submitting to reality?"
Bermuda's on my "Traipse Across the World" list. No, I haven't been—only Jane Luck, my alter ego has. Yes I'm dreaming again. I'm picturing myself there. It's a little game I like to play called Pretending--that's Pre-intending. I'm setting the scene in my mind, just the way I like it. Sooner or later, the Universe …
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Whether you write in a journal, for a blog, for poetry readings, creative gatherings, for your own pleasure, or for the masses, there may be times when bringing your deepest emotions to light becomes painful. Write it anyway, the painful stuff is some of the best work, not just because dumping it on the page …
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At times, I sit back and recall my days as a devout, nearly fundamentalist, Christian and lay minister. I consciously de-converted from organized religion 8 years ago, and I consider the effect that inherited thinking patterns had on my experience. One glaring element of my worldview was a strong sense of victimhood, though I wouldn’t …
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