Category: Going Mental
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Just a Dip…
There can be such loneliness in togetherness. I imagine that those couples who decide to get divorced after 20+ years together best understand this sentiment. When there is no one and nothing left to justify the lack of communication, lack of interest in trying to be heard, lack of trying to be a unit, then…
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Pondering the Human Condition
Humans are a strange breed of creatures that despite their ability to self-reflect and capacity for advanced cognitive activity tend to not behave much better than animals in packs. Humanity as a whole, when collectively-minded, have the awe-inspiring capacity to achieve greatness beyond the imagination. I mean, the temples and tombs of Luxor and Aswan…
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Self-Awareness vs Maturity
My introversion has been fully challenged the past week or so. I can hardly believe we are already a week into June and I’ve had no time for introspection or a moment to pause and replenish. Well, to be fair, I’ve escaped our house full of guests periodically with morning pool dips or afternoon naps.…
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Writing and more Writing
One might think that posting here on a somewhat regular basis – though in waves of consistency and inconsistency – would be enough for me. It seems this is not so. When I decided that this was the year for me to really put into action my dream of writing and being a writer, I…
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Resilient, Adaptable, Flexible, and…
temporarily selfless… these are today’s words. It has been a somewhat emotional, slightly challenging, and a little numbing week. The currency market took the forex fund by surprise drastically decreasing our source of income over a 48-hour period. 😳 Luckily, we are not broke – yet. Luckily, we still have a roof over our heads…
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Burn Out
Two years ago I was excitedly preparing to launch The Universal Asian 🙌🏽. Since then, there have been a few variations, twists and turns, ups and downs, but it has become something I am proud of – overall. Still, for two years it has taken up a large part of my mental space. Is it…
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Puppies and More Puppies
Most of my days and nights have been consumed with falling in love with our newest additions to the household – Monty and Pea(nut). It’s only been a month since they joined our home, but they have stolen our hearts – and all of our attention! 😉 Here’s a link to the photos as it…
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Worldly Possessions
In a discussion group yesterday, we talked about the things that we are attached to and what 10 things would we grab or want to save if we were running out of a fire. As an educator and trainer, this is an activity that we often ask our students as a learning exercise and also…
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Doing and Being – Me
Last week’s poem was a few days/weeks in the making. I have been feeling a desire to return to writing poetry as sometimes prose is too wordy and lacks an elegance that poetry has in expressing thoughts or emotions. It has been a while since I have used it as a way of expressing myself,…
